How and why early-stage startups sacrifice power for growth
The Argument for Democracy in Cyberspace
A conflict of interest
Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
What does the future hold for readers and writers on Twitter?
Advice for Generalist Founders
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
On launching and learning
A friendly rebuttal
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
How to understand the essence of any business
An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
Building your v1
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
A radical new take on email
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
