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

Andrew Chen

The biggest gains in optimization don’t come from brute-force A/B tests, but from trying to understand the real barriers to people using your product. Who did what in international expansion in 2018. Question: Is this a channel your competition hasn’t tried yet? Tactic #17: Optimize conversion. Stage : Mid-stage. in record time.

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

Andrew Chen

The biggest gains in optimization don’t come from brute-force A/B tests, but from trying to understand the real barriers to people using your product. Who did what in international expansion in 2018. Question: Is this a channel your competition hasn’t tried yet? Tactic #17: Optimize conversion. Stage : Mid-stage. in record time.