the-value-of-the-ycombinator-experience 
Andrew Chen
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
This is advice I’ve been giving to people for years, and it’s shaped by my own experience — after all, I moved to the Bay Area in 2007 and it completely changed my life. But I like to pretend) You’ll never regret spending time in SF If you work in tech, you’ll never regret spending 3-5 years in the Bay Area.
Andrew Chen
AUGUST 8, 2022
Yes, the most famous early implementation of referral programs came from Dropbox, which inspired a generation of startups — particularly YCombinator-backed startups — to experiment with similar ideas. A successful referral program can be 20-30% of your acquisition mix, as one of several acquisition loops.
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Andrew Chen
JANUARY 3, 2017
It was 2007, and the iPhone hadn’t been released yet, YCombinator was just getting started, and MySpace was still bigger than Facebook. Ten years ago this week, I took a long, cloudy drive from Seattle to Silicon Valley on Highway 1 to start a new job and new life. And who’s this Obama guy that folks are talking about?
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 11, 2019
Companies that don’t find a product/market fit face the following problems: Customers who don’t understand the value of the product; An insignificant number of sales; No repeat sales; No word of mouth; Too-long sales cycles; Difficulty in getting the word out and attracting media attention, and so on.
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