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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

My previous background up to that point was in user acquisition and ad tech, and I was making the pivot to consumer products. Teams focusing on user growth have spun up across some of the best companies in the ecosystem! (As Thinking about new user experience, engagement metrics, and other important concepts.

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

Andrew Chen

This includes call-outs in the top level nav, in the footer of every screen, and sprinkled throughout the user experience. Tips : If most of your supply growth is coming from word-of-mouth, and especially if your users have large social graphs, then a referrals program is going to be huge for you. after a great experience).

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

Andrew Chen

This includes call-outs in the top level nav, in the footer of every screen, and sprinkled throughout the user experience. Tips : If most of your supply growth is coming from word-of-mouth, and especially if your users have large social graphs, then a referrals program is going to be huge for you. after a great experience).

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

Andrew Chen

A note on comparing listening apps: metrics between apps are not entirely an apples-to-apple comparison, as some apps (like Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Stitcher) auto-download shows that users subscribe to, whereas others (e.g. For instance, Gimlet’s scripted podcast Homecoming debuted as an Amazon Original Series in November 2018.

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

Andrew Chen

A note on comparing listening apps: metrics between apps are not entirely an apples-to-apple comparison, as some apps (like Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Stitcher) auto-download shows that users subscribe to, whereas others (e.g. For instance, Gimlet’s scripted podcast Homecoming debuted as an Amazon Original Series in November 2018.