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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. Why offline products are so compelling for acquiring customers.

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Required reading for marketplace startups: The 20 best essays

Andrew Chen

To lead off this list, my colleague @jeff_jordan has an awesome preso that covers everything from the marketplace “wheel” – network effects, and how they’re different than ecommerce products. GMV, revenue, Seller/supply metrics (engagement/overall), Buyer metrics (engagement/overall). Amazing, thoughtful preso.

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Podcast Q&A: Dropbox’s viral growth, Uber’s tricky funnels, and future growth channels

Andrew Chen

Those working in growth and retention must continually seek “fresh powder.”. Those early experiments you’re talking about happened during a time when they knew that storing and syncing files had very high retention. The interesting early story there is that they had amazing retention but not a lot of top-line growth.

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