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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.

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

Andrew Chen

The travel is intensive. Sometimes there will be stronger cross-network growth across geographies than you initially imagine, enabled by factors like Airbnb’s global travel use case, which can supercharge your addressable market. We work with existing accredited, licensed, and insured hire car owners). Or perhaps all of them!

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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. What : Getting new users to a key milestone that you believe is important for long-term retention.

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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. What : Getting new users to a key milestone that you believe is important for long-term retention.

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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. Similarly, product folks from highly quantitative categories like travel, games, and marketplaces tend to do well. Both acquisition and retention both become priorities.

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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. Maybe you’re international – an important use case for travel-oriented apps like Uber. 3) And finally, to prioritize and make decisions that impact the future.

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