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|  You're now receiving free posts from @andrewchen. To kick things off, here’s a list of some of my popular writing on both this Substack as well as from my archives. And importantly, here’s a link to my book! The Cold Start Problem (PDF preview). Featuring interviews with the founders/teams behind Slack, Zoom, Twitch, Tinder, Reddit, Uber, Airbnb, PayPal, and more Buy it at Amazon, etc.
And then, my most popular essays: Every marketing channel sucks right now. Why the usual marketing channels aren’t working, and what startups should do instead How novelty effects and Dopamine Culture rule the tech industry: AI apps with shitty retention, consumers with zero patience, and what happens next The case against morning yoga, daily routines, and endless meetings: How to maximize 10x work and avoid thoughtless daily 1x work routines 10 years after "Growth Hacking": What's changed and what's new Every marketing channel sucks right now: Why SEO, paid, viral, etc are all performing poorly and what a startup should do about it How AI will reinvent Marketing: What happens in a world of infinite labor, infinite content, and mass personalization Time sinks and money sinks: How business models drive product design and user behavior Why data-driven product decisions are hard (sometimes impossible): All the excuses we make when we see data, but why that's sometimes OK Why high growth, high churn products never seem to work: yes, D30 ends up dominating over random social media spikes The end of the 1 billion active user ad-supported consumer startup: And why highly-monetizing, useful, vertical apps might be the next thing Bureaucrat mode: The road to hell is paved via collaboration, consensus, inclusiveness, stability Always Be Launching: Because tbh no one gives a shit about your new product, anyway Why your product idea sounds too complicated: The "simple" to "WTF" scale of product complexity The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics (80 slide deck) Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck) How to build a growth team – lessons from Uber, Hubspot, and others (50 slides) The Next Feature Fallacy: The fallacy that the next new feature will suddenly make people use your product Why consumer product metrics are all terrible New data shows losing 80% of mobile users is normal, and why the best apps do better How startups die from their addiction to paid marketing Why the best way to drive viral growth to increase retention and engagement The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs After the Techcrunch bump: Life in the Trough of Sorrow The Power User Curve
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