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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

Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files that users can download — or in some applications, stream — and listen to. To listen to a podcast, a user adds the RSS feed to their podcast client (such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.), The lion’s share of podcast listening happens at home, followed by taking place in a vehicle.

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

Andrew Chen

Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files that users can download — or in some applications, stream — and listen to. To listen to a podcast, a user adds the RSS feed to their podcast client (such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.), The lion’s share of podcast listening happens at home, followed by taking place in a vehicle.