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A/B Testing

GMC

A/B Testing. Brian Christian reports in the May 2012 edition of Wired that (now-classic) A/B testing of web site variations has virtually replaced HiPPO decision-making in tech circles, at least for web design decisions. HiPPO is “highest-paid person’s opinion.”).

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How to design a referral program

Andrew Chen

These larger headline numbers always tested much better on A/B tests, whether in email marketing or banner form, and while it might feel like the reward becomes unattainable, it’s possible to create a second or third or fourth tier to go along with the big headline number. The Payback.

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Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck)

Andrew Chen

It has tracking codes so you can see how well it circulates, and you A/B test the whole thing to make sure it’s highly optimized to be viral and spread. We just need one or two to break out, in addition to the surefire opportunities around marketplaces, B2B, mobile, and other existing categories.

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Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck)

Andrew Chen

It has tracking codes so you can see how well it circulates, and you A/B test the whole thing to make sure it’s highly optimized to be viral and spread. We just need one or two to break out, in addition to the surefire opportunities around marketplaces, B2B, mobile, and other existing categories.

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What to look for when you’re hiring a Head of Growth

Andrew Chen

Network effects emerge when products, like marketplaces, social apps, B2B collaboration tools, and so on, get more useful the more users that are on them.In Direct sales and product-led viral growth for most B2B collaboration apps. There were projects to help with A/B testing (Morpheus!), Next is Escape Velocity.

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

Andrew Chen

Stage : Early-stage for B2C, an evergreen lever for B2B. 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. Stage : Early-stage for B2C, an evergreen lever for B2B. Cost : Medium. Examples : Lyft: [link]. DoorDash: [link].

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a16z Podcast: Why paid marketing sucks, Network effects, Viral Growth, and more

Andrew Chen

And you can start to draw conclusions, sort of a natural A/B test in order to do that. And I think the similar kind of analysis you can do for B2B companies is for products that have different sized teams using it.