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

Modern Wisdom

12/11/21

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58m

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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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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (01:49) How to Become a High-profile Angel Investor (07:10) Is It a Good Time to Be an Investor? (12:48) The Power of Online Networks (24:52) Creating Platforms in the Information Era (33:02) How Clubhouse Incentivised Good Conversations (43:47) How Bitcoin Will Impact Online Networks (49:00) Utilising Invites for Atomic Growth (53:20) Tinder & the Science Behind Viral Growth (57:41) Where to Find Andrew

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