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

Andrew Chen

” Here’s how I define each side: There are usually a minority of users that will create disproportionate value and as a result, they will have disproportionate power. For marketplaces, these are usually the sellers and providers who spend their entire day attracting users with their products and services.

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

Andrew Chen

People are already spending a lot of time on podcasts, and it’s growing: listeners are consuming 6+ hours per week and consuming more content every year. Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files that users can download — or in some applications, stream — and listen to. A brief history of podcasting.

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

Andrew Chen

People are already spending a lot of time on podcasts, and it’s growing: listeners are consuming 6+ hours per week and consuming more content every year. Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files that users can download — or in some applications, stream — and listen to. A brief history of podcasting.