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10 Effective Company Core Values Examples To Take Inspiration From

Vantage Circle

They are the action statements that guide all your internal activities and operations. According to Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos , their philosophy is that “We’re willing to make short-term sacrifices (including lost revenue or profits) if we believe that the long-term benefits are worth it.

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How to build a billion dollar digital marketplace – examples from Uber, eBay, Craigslist, and more

Andrew Chen

Since the 2014 article, Uber has blown past his estimate by 10X, with top line revenues to support it. develop partnerships and manage relationships with local hire car operators (NB: Uber does not own any vehicles. The travel is intensive. It is also one of the most rewarding. […]. form relationships with local press.

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

Andrew Chen

Growing your startup’s users and revenue is so critical that it makes sense to hire someone to run it, and to potentially add a team underneath them to support this goal. If they’re paired with advisors and operators who are experts on the playbook, that can work well. There were projects to help with A/B testing (Morpheus!),

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

Andrew Chen

So not revenue per CAC is that you know typically there’s cost associated to user. The OTA sites (online travel agencies – Priceline and Expedia) just spends, you know, they spend a GDP of many large countries in their acquisition; and then it’s often a tactic in some good business. Travel’s a similar thing.

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

Andrew Chen

affordable and unique travel experiences for guests, and great income for hosts. To launch a city, we’d travel there and hold a meetup. Converting travelers to hosts definitely moved the needle when we launched a new market. Examples : Tips : Takes very few people to operate, should pay for itself from day 1.

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

Andrew Chen

affordable and unique travel experiences for guests, and great income for hosts. To launch a city, we’d travel there and hold a meetup. Converting travelers to hosts definitely moved the needle when we launched a new market. Examples : Tips : Takes very few people to operate, should pay for itself from day 1.