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

Andrew Chen

In an Inc interview in 2016, Craig Newmark reminisces on the early form of Craigslist – literally just an email list – and how he intuitively added product categories over time: Craigslist began with a single email in 1995–you simply shared interesting things going on in San Francisco.

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The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included!

Andrew Chen

Of course, as an investor you can’t run A/B tests or analyze results directly, but you can form hypotheses, ideate, and apply the same type of thinking. In 2016, the star rating on Uber’s rider app was low. 3) And finally, to prioritize and make decisions that impact the future. There’s a star rating. stars, in fact.

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What’s next in growth?

Andrew Chen

And with that, we’ve created fake news: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 isn’t much different than the various hoaxes and fake news of 2016. This is the realm of A/B testing, funnel optimization, viral loop construction, building viral content, and creating sticky products.

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