The blue check fiasco reveals a shallow understanding of how status motivates participation in social networks. Here is a deeper look.
The future of social networks is in smaller communities
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
What does the future hold for readers and writers on Twitter?
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
A friendly rebuttal
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
Advice for Generalist Founders
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
On launching and learning
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained
How to understand the essence of any business
An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
Jesse Beyroutey, partner at IA Ventures, on why some companies achieve dominance while others get bogged down.
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
Building your v1
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
A radical new take on email
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be