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How to design a referral program

Andrew Chen

Yes, the most famous early implementation of referral programs came from Dropbox, which inspired a generation of startups — particularly YCombinator-backed startups — to experiment with similar ideas. We see the same rough patterns in referral programs that are implemented across the industry. Why focus on new users?

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The Disproportionate Impact of Coaching on Startup Survival

Bain Public

Coaching and mentorship play a significant part in the success of startups - it allows them to transform and excel in their market and industry. This means deciding what features to develop, when to improve them and how to get users involved. In the waste industry, there are just so many things to do. Are you a product manager?

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What We Learned About Building Products People Love in 2016

Mind the Product

Product Owners: How to get Your Development Team to Love you was a post from Daniel Elizalde with some relationship advice, product management style, via a ProductTank presentation from former Apple Product Manager and industry veteran Ron Lichty. How do product owners get their development teams to love them? Organise around customers.

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20 Top Product Management Books for 2021

Alchemer Mobile

Brilliant product management decisions made in 2020 have shaped the course of the future for companies across all industries. How do PMs apply innovative techniques across their own products, especially if they’re new to their discipline or industry? Designers make sure it has a great user experience and looks good.

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

Andrew Chen

See below for a long-form analysis everything we’ve observed in the podcasting industry. The release of this app is widely considered an inflection point for the industry, as it put podcasts a single tap away for hundreds of millions of users around the world. It was originally published on a16z.com. The app landscape.

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

Andrew Chen

See below for a long-form analysis everything we’ve observed in the podcasting industry. The release of this app is widely considered an inflection point for the industry, as it put podcasts a single tap away for hundreds of millions of users around the world. It was originally published on a16z.com. The app landscape.

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User friction can sink your app. Here’s what it is and how to avoid it.

Mixpanel

User friction” is an industry term that refers to various kinds of pain points that arise when a user engages with a web app, mobile app, or some other kind of digital product. Bad user experience (UX) design is a big source of user friction, but it’s not the whole story.