The origins of economic progress, and what comes next
Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem
Advice for Generalist Founders
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
A conflict of interest
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
On launching and learning
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
A friendly rebuttal
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
And does it matter?
Jesse Beyroutey, partner at IA Ventures, on why some companies achieve dominance while others get bogged down.
How to understand the essence of any business
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained
Building your v1
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
Their new paid podcast feature only makes sense in a world where in-app purchase rules are relaxed.
