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

Andrew Chen

You know, ecommerce, a lot of companies struggle with, “Okay, how do I get organic ecommerce traffic?” ” So most ecommerce companies rely heavily on paid user acquisition, you know, typically one of the interesting things is they degrade over time and they’re all competing for the same user.

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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. Ecommerce companies often use push to advertise sales- no wonder the CTRs are low. 3) And finally, to prioritize and make decisions that impact the future.

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