1/ Many of the biggest implosions in recent history - especially ecommerce - have been due to startups getting addi… https://t.co/biAtHHFXgu
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
The current generation of marketplace startups has been incredibly successful. Airbnb, Lime, Uber, Lyft, Instacart,… https://t.co/eFc9Ez3und
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
👇Thread. Published a new essay: The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics… https://t.co/Oj9KmDjBve
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
entry level software engineers in the bay area are getting paid! This looks right if you count cash and equity comp… https://t.co/9EKu4KhDEU
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ A few years ago a ton of “Uber for X” startups got funded, but very few of them - maybe none? - worked out. It s… https://t.co/91J6z6KKrC
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ The internet culture supply chain works like this: Asia ➡️ US teens ➡️ Adults ➡️ B2B. Multiple data points on t… https://t.co/EF0sqQOM5u
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ The Startup Brand Fallacy. Brand marketing is mostly useless for consumer startups. Startups build a great brand… https://t.co/SnFz2iV8X4
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
What is your least popular but deeply held opinion on personal productivity?
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
Teams often use bad metrics to hype themselves up to investors, yes, but they also use them to lie to themselves. 👇 Thread.
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
🏓 Pong 2.0 in AR. No running around to pick up the ball afterwards. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 via @reddit https://t.co/PDruI7YG70
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ The scooter startups are way more important than you think, or in emoji-speak: 🛴+📱=🤖🚗🚁. Let me explain.
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
There’s a TON of new startups coming from Uber alumni - I know of a half dozen in stealth, and Bird is already a br… https://t.co/7cPQcDb7nN
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
One of my lessons for 2018 is that slide decks are many times more engaging than long-form essays. On average peopl… https://t.co/JcEi2J1TjU
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
i'm tweeting away at 35k feet above the ground, flying over Adak, Alaska at 500+ mph, on my way to hong kong. The f… https://t.co/tRxFTDWVaB
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
What % of startup dollars end up going to FB and Google as customer acquisition costs on one end, and SF landlords… https://t.co/0dGuHvG3xU
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
Just a normal day hanging out w @BarackObama and my friends at @a16z :) https://t.co/l0nykJBYdB
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ new essay: What's next for marketplace startups? Reinventing the $10 trillion service economy, that's what. Co-a… https://t.co/BXU33Opphc
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
One of mine: It's better to stop all public speaking and stop going to any conferences. They aren't actually useful… https://t.co/c6yInwBckl
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ OK, this is an infuriating startup experience: You ship an experiment that's +10% in your conversion funnel. The… https://t.co/qmvfl2QzrM
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
Almost 1% of US households are earning income on ridesharing apps. Amazing. https://t.co/bWxy4XOcFx
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
"The One That Didn't Work Out." Startup founders, you know what I mean: We spend years on a product - starting it f… https://t.co/qMb886jyl7
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1.25 million deaths from cars per year. Let that sink in. When it’s all said and done, autonomous vehicles are goin… https://t.co/SDjKwT7Cqw
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
New essay: How to build a growth team - 5 topics, with lessons learned from Uber, Hubspot, and others. Here's the d… https://t.co/0yy90OgPxb
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
If something works in consumer, it’ll make its way to B2B with a 3 year lag. Lol. 🤓 Currently looking for insta sto… https://t.co/DbL4vsQeSR
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ "There’s nothing like some user testing to remind you that you don’t know anything." -@far33d, growth at @slack
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
Had an awesome day playing @SandboxVR with @kanyewest @bhorowitz @blader @zhaosaurus https://t.co/bGu3Vis5yf
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
Another: Being super organized is a bad thing. Means there's no room for serendipity, deep thought, can make you ov… https://t.co/w2cj4g09zO
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
New essay from this AM. I created a deck as part of my interview process at a16z. It was fun. I'm sharing it so y'a… https://t.co/U6LuqBBb13
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
Silicon Valley’s mission-driven startups versus China’s market-driven startups https://t.co/oXBsAtMe45
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ DAU/MAU has been a popular metric bc of Facebook, which popularized the metric. Theirs was always >50%. I found… https://t.co/BI0nyFQQFQ
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
New 50 slide deck tmrw on building growth teams: - why build a growth team? - why team not growth hacker? - what’s… https://t.co/pBSujlWcZJ
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ Building startups in San Francisco is getting ridiculously expensive. (No shit, sherlock). The NYT recently cove… https://t.co/IleheZfz2X
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
👇 Thread. New deck getting published this week: "Consumer startups are awesome, and here's what I'm looking to inve… https://t.co/qD3NAlY0Xj
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
New essay: Rethinking the DAU/MAU metric. Why it’s important but also where it fails. For example, travel, commerce… https://t.co/tyiOzRp0AG
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
New essay. Boom, I just posted links and notes to everything that I wrote in 2018 - which was a lot! After counting… https://t.co/QwJqqRV2VI
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ @a16z just announced today it’s leading the new round for @atriumteam - we’re thrilled and I want to explain why
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ I don’t trust hockey stick curves. Not on their own, anyway - which is often how they are presented in tweeted o… https://t.co/RTqb876p9N
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
You’ve seen 3D printing, but have you seen 3D freehand? Next level skills. Via @reddit of course. https://t.co/5Rw2O0KkqD
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
1/ When it comes to the future of media, there's a lot to learn from the Kardashians. Yes, the Kardashians. The fut… https://t.co/wNeAz0bEc1
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
this deck on the resilience of costco is worth reading: https://t.co/Ia0mBRHw3B https://t.co/dhthip0npx
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)
OH: “tech has finally done the impossible - for the first time ever, San Francisco leftists hate bicycles”
— andrewchen (@andrewchen)