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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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How To (Actually) Calculate CAC

Andrew Chen

Instead of turning off the new channels we tried in March, we would probably make the decision to scale them. Some are devoted to helping onboard a new customer. Dollar Shave Club and the Case of Subscription Ecommerce – Support, Shipping for Free Trial? Dollar Shave Club is a subscription ecommerce business.

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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

The reason for this is that the steps for starting and scaling a new startup share many of the same skills as investing in a new startup: 1) First, we seek to understand the existing state of customer growth – including growth loops, the quality of acquisition, engagement, churn, and monetization.

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