My 20+ best essays on product, traction, and startups

"Best Of" Essay List, Part 1/2 Dear readers, As always, thank you for reading my essays! I appreciate it. Here are some of my best essays over the last few years about products, startup traction, and more. I pulled them out of a list sorted by session time and engagement. I think this is what y'all want to read most :) Hope you enjoy - in no particular order: New data shows losing 80% of mobile users is normal, and why the best apps do better How to design a referral program What to do when growth stalls The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs Creator Economy 2.0: What we've learned and why it's hard PDF preview: My first book, THE COLD START PROBLEM Why "Uber for X" failed: The supply side is king How to actually calculate CAC The Power User Curve A Practitioner's Guide to Net Promoter Score The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup's metrics – 80 slide deck included! Required reading for marketplace startups: The 20 best essays Building the initial team for seed stage startups How to interview for your growth team (from execs at Atlassian, Gusto, Hubspot) Uber's virtuous cycle. Geographic density, hyperlocal marketplaces, and why drivers are key The Next Feature Fallacy: The fallacy that the next new feature will suddenly make people use your product Why consumer product metrics are all terrible Thanks again for reading. More to time. (And please follow me at @andrewchen for real-time updates!) Regards, Andrew Copyright © 2024 @andrewchen, All rights reserved. You are subscribed to new blog posts at @andrewchen. Our mailing address is: @andrewchen 1770 Post Street Unit 237 San Francisco, CA 94115 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences