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

Andrew Chen

Why onboarding is so important for retention/churn. Part one of this conversation focuses specifically on the aspect of user acquisition for growth, and then we cut off and go into the aspects of growth for user engagement and retention, in the next episode. Part 2: Engagement and Retention. Sonal: Right. Sonal: Yesss.

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10 Growth Marketing Trends Businesses Leaders Need

Zenefits

A/B testing. A/B testing is a great way to test marketing campaigns and ensure that your organization takes advantage of the most effective means of attracting customers or users. Lifecycle development also includes fostering retention after the initial sale. Improve our virtual onboarding experience.

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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. What : Getting new users to a key milestone that you believe is important for long-term retention. Tactic #21: Optimize retention. Track retention by cohort, vs. globally.

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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. What : Getting new users to a key milestone that you believe is important for long-term retention. Tactic #21: Optimize retention. Track retention by cohort, vs. globally.

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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. To accomplish this, I’ve been working with Brian Balfour (ex-VP growth from Hubspot) to start up Reforge which has educated 1000s of employees from top tech companies.

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