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Very Cheap, Then Very Expensive (On Job Titles)

Ed Batista

A theme in my work with founder/CEOs is what I call "the judicious imposition of structure," which includes the need to clarify who's responsible for what and how decisions get made as the organization scales. [5] A Company Without Job Titles Will Still Have Hierarchies , Harvard Business Review, 2014). They offset other constraints.

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How to build a billion dollar digital marketplace – examples from Uber, eBay, Craigslist, and more

Andrew Chen

NYU Professor Aswath Damodaran asserted that Uber was overvalued after a 2014 investment round. Since the 2014 article, Uber has blown past his estimate by 10X, with top line revenues to support it. create a marketing strategy to scale the client base and increase visibility. Starting small, and what to do next.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. As new tech platforms hit scale, we on the consumer team have been closely watching the future of media and the technology driving it — in all forms. I’m looking for startups that can change the game there.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. As new tech platforms hit scale, we on the consumer team have been closely watching the future of media and the technology driving it — in all forms. I’m looking for startups that can change the game there.