Modern Wisdom

#409 - Andrew Chen - An Angel Investor's Secrets For Rapid Growth

Dec 11, 2021

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How to Scale a Start-Up

03:58

How Do You Grow Your Total User Base?

03:47

Social Networking

01:42

Introduction

2min

The Best Protein Snack Ever!

4min

How Important Is Having a Public Speaking Communication Channel?

4min

Is There a Matthew Principle Going on Here?

3min

Are You Happy That You're Here Right Now?

2min

How Do I Measure Verality?

3min

What Network Effects Tells You

5min

How to Scale a Start-Up

4min

How Do You Grow Your Total User Base?

4min

10.

Social Networking

2min

11.

Social Media

2min

12.

The Hard Side of the Network

5min

13.

Club House - Incentivise the High Value Conversations

2min

14.

Club House and Podcasts

6min

15.

Substacs an Absolute Monster

3min

16.

The Future of Network Effects

4min

17.

What Are the Most Useless Metrics That People Have Focused On?

2min

18.

What Ends of Happening?

2min

19.

Are You Familiar With Daling Aps?

2min

20.

The Science Behind Viral Growth

4min

21.

How to Get a Five Dollar Discount on Your First Variety Pack of Serials

2min

Andrew Chen is a General Partner at Venture Capital Firm Andreessen Horowitz, an author and Board Member at Maven, Substack and Clubhouse.

Andrew has worked with some of the fastest growing companies on the planet. He was head of Global Driver Acquisitions at Uber and an early investor in Clubhouse, plus he's spent 3 years researching companies like Tinder and Substack to deconstruct how they use network effects to supercharge their growth.

Expect to learn how running college parties can help launch a dating app, Andrew's biggest lessons from his time at Uber, the strategic differences between launching and growing an audience, the most pointless metrics that businesses focus on, the most common mistakes companies make when launching and much more...

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