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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 social networks, these are often the content creators that generate the media everyone consumes. It’s a form of entertainment.[^1].

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

Andrew Chen

No wonder the consumer investment team ended up digging into this trend by doing a market map report — the analysis led by Li Jin and including work from myself, Connie Chan, and others. Without further adieu, here’s the a16z consumer team’s definitive analysis of the podcast ecosystem in 2019. Thanks, Andrew.

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

Andrew Chen

No wonder the consumer investment team ended up digging into this trend by doing a market map report — the analysis led by Li Jin, Avery Segal and Bennett Carroccio, including work from myself, Connie Chan, and others. Without further adieu, here’s the a16z consumer team’s definitive analysis of the podcast ecosystem in 2019.