The Cold Start Problem
How to Start and Scale Network Effects
$36.79
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2023
Summary
From Airbnb to Uber, a revelatory exploration of how hidden networks can turbo-charge businesses - from one of Silicon Valley’s best-respected investors.
“A true Silicon Valley insider.” - Wired
Why do some products take off? And what can we learn from them?
The hardest part of launching a product is getting started. When you have just an idea and a handful of customers, growth can feel impossible. This is the cold start problem.
Now, one of Silicon Valley’s mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847942791 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847942792 |
| Author: | Andrew Chen |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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A true Silicon Valley insider
* WIRED *Chen walks readers through interviews with 30 world-class teams and founders, including from Twitch, Airbnb and Slack, to paint a picture of what it takes to turn a start-up into a massive brand * TechCrunch *Articulates the stages that every product must go through to be successful … and illustrates what companies need to do to achieve the * Forbes *About The Author
Andrew Chen
Andrew Chen is best known for his newsletter on tech and business, whose 200,000 followers include many of the most notable founders in Silicon Valley. He is currently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, the startup investor behind Twitter, Airbnb, Github, Lyft, Reddit and Skype. He was formerly head of rider growth at Uber, where he oversaw an increase from 15 million to 100 million active users of the platform.
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