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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

He also led product management at social networking pioneer Friendster, and was the cofounder and CEO of YourVersion, a TechCrunch award-winning personalized news startup. Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through to its NASDAQ IPO.

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How to design a referral program

Andrew Chen

It seems as though every consumer app has implemented some form of a referral program, though I argue it really kicked off in ~2008, which is when Dropbox’s innovative referral program was rolled out. Why did this make sense for them? They also tend to decline in importance over time.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. There’s also a gender gap with podcast listeners skewing mostly male, mirroring the gap among podcast creators as well.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. There’s also a gender gap with podcast listeners skewing mostly male, mirroring the gap among podcast creators as well.