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How to be the go-to engineer for product analytics

Mixpanel

Here are four ways you can position yourself as the go-to engineer for everything product analytics—and simultaneously make yourself invaluable to both the product and engineering teams. Keep the product folks technically up-to-date. Spearhead a slick analytics implementation. You can find many more examples here.

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Why it’s never too early to add product analytics to your app

Mixpanel

From here, it’s easy to assume what you’ve put out into the world is delivering high value to your users right out the gate—but you might also just be seeing a positive initial response to things like your icon, marketing/branding, and mission, without your new users really engaging with your app’s features at all.

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Data thinking vs. product thinking

Mixpanel

So you gave them anonymous chat and positioned it in the app where it can’t possibly go unnoticed. Joseph is the founder of App Boss , a knowledge source for idea people (with little or no tech background) to turn their apps into viable businesses. Create counter metrics.

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

Andrew Chen

In the world of podcasting, the flywheel is spinning: new technologies including AirPods, connected cars, and smart speakers have made it much easier for consumers to listen to audio content, which in turn creates more revenue and financial opportunity for creators, which further encourages high-quality audio content to flow into the space.

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

Andrew Chen

In the world of podcasting, the flywheel is spinning: new technologies including AirPods, connected cars, and smart speakers have made it much easier for consumers to listen to audio content, which in turn creates more revenue and financial opportunity for creators, which further encourages high-quality audio content to flow into the space.