Category: AndrewChen

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Delivery-Optimized Future of FoodThe spike in online ordering and food delivery—a trend that’s particularly relevant now—is evidence of how tech is fundamentally changing how and what we eat. Is this the end of the traditional restaurant experience as we know it? In this conversation between Virtual Kitchen Co. CEO Ken Chong, Snackpass… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Delivery-Optimized Future of Food

ABOUT THIS EPISODEMetrics and Mindsets for Retention & EngagementIt’s “Marketplaces Week” for us at a16z, thanks to our consumer team releasing a new index of the next industry-defining marketplaces, the Marketplace 100. But what happens as such marketplaces and other platforms evolve over time, as do their users? This episode is a rerun of a… Continue reading a16z Podcast :Metrics and Mindsets for Retention & Engagement

ABOUT THIS EPISODEWriters Writing, Readers Reading, Creators CreatingWe’ve been financing good writing with bad advertising — and “attention monsters” (to quote Craig Mod) for way too long. So what happens when the technology for creators finally falls into place? We’re finally starting to see shift in power away from publications as the sole gatekeepers of… Continue reading a16z Podcast :Writers Writing, Readers Reading, Creators Creating

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe games industry is in the midst of a tectonic shift. Powered by platform convergence, games-as-a-service, and user-generated content, modern video games—what we call next-generation games—are unlike anything we’ve seen before. In the past decade, gaming has grown from a niche hobby into a global, culture-defining phenomenon. Not only are the games themselves… Continue reading a16z Podcast : Come for the Games, Stay for the Party

ABOUT THIS EPISODEWant actionable advice from a founder who has built multiple tech companies and has invested the time to be open, introspective, and transparent about lessons learned? In this episode (which originally aired as a YouTube video), a16z General Partner Andrew Chen (@@andrewchen) talks with Justin Kan (@justinkan). Justin is a repeat entrepreneur who… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Kan

ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Martin Casado (@martin_casado), Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Russ Heddleston (@rheddleston), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) What happens when the bottoms up, organic growth usually associated with consumer companies starts to go…. enterprise? Part of our continuing podcast series (you can listen to part one on user acquisition and part two on engagement/retention) on growth,… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: When Organic Growth Goes Enterprise

ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Once you have users, how do you keep them engaged, retain them, and even “resurrect” or re-engage them? That’s the focus of this episode of the a16z Podcast, which continues our series on the basics of growth from user acquisition to engagement… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: The Basics of Growth 2 — Engagement & Retention