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How to break into Silicon Valley

Andrew Chen

In my case, I was very interested in the state of the art on growing users, metrics, network effects, and marketing. And that’s how I ended up being exposed first to concepts like retention curves, DAU/MAU, viral loops, and so on. I asked everyone about this topic, and began to develop my own ideas that I would share freely.

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The 3 Pillars of an Effective Data Management Strategy: Monitoring, Tracking, and Reporting

SME Strategy

For instance, in Marketing, data is being used to calculate ROI on marketing campaigns, or come up with new pricing strategies based on A/B testing of campaigns which helps marketing and managers bring in more revenue, and stay ahead of the competition. For example, let's say your organization's goal is to increase revenue.

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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. And we cover everything from the basics of growth and defining key metrics to know, to the nuances of paid vs organic marketing and the role of network effects and more. Why offline products are so compelling for acquiring customers. High frequency versus episodic usage products.

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10 Practical And Effective Change Management Tools And Resources In 2022

Walk Me

Supply managers with metrics of change progress. Consistency and metrics are two of the most potent tools in change management. Goals must be aware of resource limitations such as budget and physical tools used and clear a timeline including metrics or Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to record progress. How they communicate.

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11 Awesome Patty McCord Quotes in Powerful about Building a Great Culture at Netflix

Get Lighthouse

Whether it's leaning to much towards a bottom line revenue number despite the person being a tyrant people flee, or outsourcing recruiting and retention to HR, many leaders aren't focusing on what really matters most. Is it publishing your revenue metrics so the whole world can see it?

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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. Thinking about new user experience, engagement metrics, and other important concepts. The problem is that the Growth Accounting Framework provides for lagging metrics.

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

Andrew Chen

It’s usually a 100% focus on acquisition — and not much on retention at all, so it’s more hustle and less notifications/email-led. Roadmap : Testing a series of more scalable growth channels, showing that if one network can be built, then multiple networks might be launched as well.

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