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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. Why focus on new users? Why did this make sense for them? They also tend to decline in importance over time.

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What We Learned About Building Products People Love in 2016

Mind the Product

Ways to improve the user experience was as big a theme in 2016 as ever and in The Experience is the Product , another talk from the San Francisco conference, Peter Merholz spoke about the need to focus on the user experience. But nothing beats partnership for synergy and unexpected brilliance”.

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

Andrew Chen

NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. In total, there are over 50 interest-based feeds available for users to choose from. Ximalaya features customizable feeds of audio content.

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

Andrew Chen

NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. In total, there are over 50 interest-based feeds available for users to choose from. Ximalaya features customizable feeds of audio content.