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Growth is getting hard from intensive competition, consolidation, and saturation

Andrew Chen

One of the best essays written last year was Elad Gil’s End of Cycle? – referencing our most recent 2007-2017 run on mobile and web software, and the implications for investing, startups, and entrepreneurs. Outbound used to be painstaking and manual. The end of the cycle. 2 Competition on paid channels.

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What do you look for an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? And other Q&A

Andrew Chen

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? Or technology differentiation! First, it’s interesting when a startup using a new platform or a new technology in a clever way. How long should a founder be without salary? Or big market!

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What do you look for an investment? How long should a founder be without salary? And other Q&A

Andrew Chen

What distribution channels should a new consumer internet startup consider in 2019? What is your advice for startup CEOs? Or technology differentiation! First, it’s interesting when a startup using a new platform or a new technology in a clever way. How long should a founder be without salary? Or big market!