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- Startups need dual theories on distribution/product/market fit One is not enough https://andrewchen.com/startups-need-dual-theories-on-distribution-and-product-market-fit-one-is-not-enough/ 0 comments
- The worst users come from referral programs, free trials, coupons https://andrewchen.com/worst-users-referral-trials-coupons-gamification/ 166 comments
- The Next Feature Fallacy (2015) https://andrewchen.com/the-next-feature-fallacy-the-fallacy-that-the-next-new-feature-will-suddenly-make-people-use-your-product/ 8 comments
- The Next Next Job, a framework for making big career decisions https://andrewchen.com/the-next-next-job/ 11 comments
- What free, ad-supported Uber rides might look like https://andrewchen.com/this-is-what-free-ad-supported-uber-rides-might-look-like-mockups-economics-and-analysis/ 45 comments
- How to design a referral program https://andrewchen.com/how-to-design-a-referral-program/ 36 comments
- Startup Brand Fallacy: Why brand marketing mostly useless for consumer startups https://andrewchen.com/brand-marketing-is-useless-for-startups/ 2 comments
- The Adjacent User Theory https://andrewchen.co/the-adjacent-user-theory/ 29 comments
- “Is your startup idea taken?” and why we love X for Y startups https://andrewchen.co/x-for-y-startup-ideas/ 223 comments
- What’s Next for Marketplace Startups? https://andrewchen.co/how-marketplaces-will-reinvent-the-service-economy/ 17 comments
- The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in startup's metrics https://andrewchen.co/investor-metrics-deck/ 66 comments
- DAU/MAU is an important metric to measure engagement, but here's where it fails https://andrewchen.co/dau-mau-is-an-important-metric-but-heres-where-it-fails/ 2 comments
- Conservation of Intent: why A/B tests aren’t as effective as they look http://andrewchen.co/conservation-of-intent/ 57 comments
- Why getting traction is so hard these days http://andrewchen.co/growth-is-getting-hard/ 31 comments
- Travis – thank you for leading us at Uber http://andrewchen.co/travis-thank-you-for-leading-us-at-uber/ 7 comments
- 10 years in Bay Area tech – what I’ve learned http://andrewchen.co/10-years/ 3 comments
- Losing 80% of mobile users is normal http://andrewchen.co/new-data-shows-why-losing-80-of-your-mobile-users-is-normal-and-that-the-best-apps-do-much-better/ 31 comments
- The Product Death Cycle: Why it happens, and how to break out of it http://andrewchen.co/this-is-the-product-death-cycle-why-it-happens-and-how-to-break-out-of-it/ 2 comments
- New data shows losing 80% of app users is normal and why the best apps do better http://andrewchen.co/new-data-shows-why-losing-80-of-your-mobile-users-is-normal-and-that-the-best-apps-do-much-better/ 2 comments
- The Next Feature Fallacy http://andrewchen.co/the-next-feature-fallacy-the-fallacy-that-the-next-new-feature-will-suddenly-make-people-use-your-product/ 44 comments
- Why investors don’t fund dating http://andrewchen.co/why-investors-dont-fund-dating/ 185 comments
- Mockups for a free, ad-supported Uber service http://andrewchen.co/this-is-what-free-ad-supported-uber-rides-might-look-like-mockups-economics-and-analysis/ 50 comments
- How to Avoid Delusional Thinking in Start-up Growth Strategy http://andrewchen.co/2014/10/13/iacs-howaboutwe-co-founder-how-to-avoid-delusional-thinking-in-start-up-growth-strategy-guest-post/ 2 comments
- How to go from zero to 150,000 email subscribers http://andrewchen.co/2014/08/14/early-traction-how-to-go-from-zero-to-150000-email-subscribers-guest-post/ 2 comments
- Ways to scale user growth http://andrewchen.co/2014/07/08/theres-only-a-few-ways-to-scale-user-growth-and-heres-the-list/ 10 comments
- I’m a Google Glass skeptic and think it’ll be the next Apple Newton http://andrewchen.co/2013/03/06/im-a-google-glass-skeptic-and-think-itll-be-the-next-apple-newton/ 2 comments
- Why you can’t find a technical co-founder http://andrewchen.co/2013/09/25/case-studies-from-why-you-cant-find-a-technical-co-founder/ 2 comments
- The highest ROI way to increase signups: Make a minimal homepage (Guest Post) http://andrewchen.co/2013/07/29/the-highest-roi-way-to-increase-signups-make-a-minimal-homepage-guest-post/ 3 comments
- Mobile app startups are failing like it’s 1999 (2012) http://andrewchen.co/2012/08/15/mobile-app-startups-are-failing-like-its-1999/ 50 comments
- New college grads: Don’t sell your time for a living http://andrewchen.co/2013/06/03/new-college-grads-dont-sell-your-time-for-a-living/ 44 comments
- Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform http://andrewchen.co/2013/04/22/why-developers-are-leaving-the-facebook-platform/ 126 comments
- I’m a Google Glass skeptic and think it’ll be the next Apple Newton http://andrewchen.co/2013/03/06/im-a-google-glass-skeptic-and-think-itll-be-the-next-apple-newton/ 101 comments
- Mobile app startups are failing like it’s 1999 http://andrewchen.co/2012/08/15/mobile-app-startups-are-failing-like-its-1999 90 comments
- How to be a growth hacker http://andrewchen.co/2012/04/27/how-to-be-a-growth-hacker-an-airbnbcraigslist-case-study/ 57 comments
- I supported App.net with $50/year, here’s why http://andrewchen.co/2012/07/18/i-supported-app-net-with-50month-heres-why/ 31 comments
- Apple's Minimum Viable Product http://andrewchen.co/2012/06/22/apples-minimum-viable-product/ 14 comments
- Why we almost quit our startup http://andrewchen.co/after-the-techcrunch-bump-life-in-the-trough-of-sorrow/ 27 comments startups
- New startup apps are all going iPhone-first http://andrewchen.co/2014/08/27/why-android-desperately-needs-a-billion-dollar-success-story-the-best-new-apps-are-all-going-iphone-first/ 14 comments apple
- The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs http://andrewchen.co/2012/04/05/the-law-of-shitty-clickthroughs 9 comments webdev
- Why are we so bad at predicting startup success? http://andrewchen.co/2013/04/08/why-are-we-so-bad-at-making-startup-predictions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feed%3A+andrewchensblog+%28andrew+chen+%28%40andrewchen%29%29 3 comments startups