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What We Learned About Building Products People Love in 2016

Mind the Product

Suzie’s post both educates and entertains and is full of practical advice and, as Suzie says, its point is “to empower you and inform you about technical practices that are meant to be business-relevant”. Ramon Guiu’s post From Waterfall to Agile: A Product Manager Transition clearly chimed with many in the community.

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

Andrew Chen

Podcast listeners are not your typical American: they’re affluent, highly educated, and skew male. In tandem, ad spend has been growing steadily each year, from $69 to $220M in 2017 [ source ]. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization.

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

Andrew Chen

Podcast listeners are not your typical American: they’re affluent, highly educated, and skew male. In tandem, ad spend has been growing steadily each year, from $69 to $220M in 2017 [ source ]. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization.