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How to break into Silicon Valley

Andrew Chen

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. In 2007 this was cutting edge at a time when product success was often measured by vanity metrics such as the total registrations for a product.

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Personal updates: Moving to LA, a new role at a16z, and more!

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, This blog is officially back! Since arriving in LA, I’ve been working with the startup/VC community to help boost the already vibrant tech ecosystem here. I’ve been dabbling in the industry, backing a number of top startups spun out of Riot Games, Epic, and otherwise. Above: Venice, California.

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The Only Leading Metric to Measure Product-Market Fit and How to Use It

The Product Coalition

Product-market fit (PMF) is a tricky thing for startups. It’s that sweet spot where the needs of your target market perfectly align with what your product is offering, and if you’re a product manager at an early startup, it’s your job to help your product find that fit. but nothing around how to measure it.

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10 years in the Bay Area – what I’ve learned

Andrew Chen

January 2007. It was 2007, and the iPhone hadn’t been released yet, YCombinator was just getting started, and MySpace was still bigger than Facebook. I barely knew anyone when I first arrived here, so I had a simple goal in 2007: Meet 5 new people per day, every day. Startup romanticism. People are the secret sauce.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Bain Public

FITC Toronto 2008, Canada FITC Toronto 2007, Canada Flash Belt 2007, Minneapolis, U.S. Flash Forward 2007, Boston, U.S. We offer a variety of blog posts , e-books and approaches designed to help you understand your digital strategies and establish elements of the product roadmap in the fabric of your business.

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Update: I’m joining Andreessen Horowitz!

Andrew Chen

Starting in April, I’m returning to my roots to invest in and help grow the next generation of startups. I’ll be focused on consumer startups, bottoms up SaaS, marketplaces, and more – utilizing my expertise in growth to launch and scale new companies. Finally, to the readers of this blog: I’ll be writing much more!

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Bootstrapping To 10 Million – The Story Of Kovai.co

Userpilot

Several recognitions, including The Economic Times Startup Award as the 2021 Bootstrap Champ. For instance, since 2004, Saravana had been writing about the Microsoft BizTalk technology on his blog. Back then, he had no idea that the blog would become a primary customer acquisition channel for a product he would launch in the future.