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2018 essay collection on growth metrics, marketplaces, viral growth in the enterprise, and more (PDF included)

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The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included! The deck unpacks a lot of different topics: How “growth accounting” metrics are great, but are lagging indicators. DAU/MAU is an important metric to measure engagement, but here’s where it fails.

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2018 essay collection on growth metrics, marketplaces, viral growth in the enterprise, and more (PDF included)

Andrew Chen

The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included! The deck unpacks a lot of different topics: How “growth accounting” metrics are great, but are lagging indicators. DAU/MAU is an important metric to measure engagement, but here’s where it fails.

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

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Another note is that this is closely related to, and complimentary, to this deck: The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics. If the below deck is the macro view of how I’m looking at markets, industries, and technologies, then the metrics deck gives my POV on how to diligence each company.

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

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Another note is that this is closely related to, and complimentary, to this deck: The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics. If the below deck is the macro view of how I’m looking at markets, industries, and technologies, then the metrics deck gives my POV on how to diligence each company.

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