andrewchen
Hello there! I’m a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, investing in brand new startups as part of a16z Speedrun.
I write a newsletter. You’d enjoy if you like long-form essays on startups, user growth, and network effects — I’ve written over 650+ essays. If you want more, I’ve written The Cold Start Problem, a best-selling book featuring interviews from the founders/teams behind Slack, Clubhouse, Zoom, Twitch, Tinder, Reddit, Uber, Airbnb, PayPal, and more.
Recent posts
- How to break into Silicon Valley
- The “Dinner Party Jerk” test — why founders need to pitch themselves harder and more futuristically
- Startups need dual theories on distribution and product/market fit. One is not enough
- Every time you ask the user to click you lose half
- Why the worst users come from referral programs, free trials, coupons, and gamification
- The most expensive game cost over $1B, and how AI will transform it
- How to write more
- How to write a business book — behind the scenes from THE COLD START PROBLEM
- Fun graph from Peter Attia’s book Outlive
- Reforge Podcast: 2024 predictions, AI apps, the future of PM, what we can learn from gaming, and more