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How Does an MBA Fit into your Product Management Career?

ProductPlan

Compared to a candidate that only boasts a Bachelor’s Degree or has a Masters in a technical field, an MBA shows that you mean business… literally. For some hiring managers, it’s a non-negotiable prerequisite for leadership positions. It can reposition you and make you a more attractive candidate for a position.

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Solve a Hard Problem (Tinder). Chapter 8 of my upcoming book, The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

Jahan Khanna, cofounder/CTO of Sidecar spoke of its origin: It was obvious that letting anyone sign up to a driver would be a big deal. Usually the Hard Side will continue to use Airbnb or TikTok because that’s where the demand is, and thus, are locked into the positive network effects on those platforms.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

Let’s time travel back 15 years ago, when there were no smartphones and the internet was accessed only through desktop computers. From our research, users seldom feel passionately — either positively or negatively — about the podcast app they’re using. The industry has not standardized around what defines a download or listen.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

Let’s time travel back 15 years ago, when there were no smartphones and the internet was accessed only through desktop computers. From our research, users seldom feel passionately — either positively or negatively — about the podcast app they’re using. The industry has not standardized around what defines a download or listen.