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28 ways to grow supply in a marketplace — by Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb

Andrew Chen

Question: What’s the simplest way you can test a referrals offering? Tactic #4: Run direct sales. Examples : Tips : Takes very few people to operate, should pay for itself from day 1. Who did what in international expansion in 2018. Once you reach scale, fraud becomes a real issue. Cost : Medium. Stage : Mid/Late.

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28 ways to grow supply in a marketplace — by Lenny Rachitsky, ex-Airbnb

Andrew Chen

Question: What’s the simplest way you can test a referrals offering? Tactic #4: Run direct sales. Examples : Tips : Takes very few people to operate, should pay for itself from day 1. Who did what in international expansion in 2018. Once you reach scale, fraud becomes a real issue. Cost : Medium. Stage : Mid/Late.

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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

One of the reasons I’ve been excited about being a professional investor is the ability to apply my skills as an operator. 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. Some are higher CTR than others.

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