Andrew Chen - Author at VCCircle
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Andrew Chen

Why we should aim to build a forever company, not just a unicorn

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06 May, 2015

Why we should aim to build a forever company, not just a unicorn

“Unicorn company.” It’s the latest bit of jargon that’s infected our conversations here in the Bay Area, to the point ......

Why consumer product metrics are all terrible

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16 May, 2014

Why consumer product metrics are all terrible

The reality of consumer productsI’ve never met an entrepreneur who’s happy with their metrics.Whether you’re talking about sign up rates, ......

How to design successful social products with 3 habit-forming feedback loops

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01 April, 2014

How to design successful social products with 3 habit-forming feedback loops

Social products share a common ancestry and set of problemsIt’s been a decade after Friendster popularized the notion of the ......

The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business

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16 May, 2013

The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business

How healthy is your SaaS business?We’re bombarded with KPIs and an endless series of metrics to tell us how we’re ......

The death of RSS

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02 May, 2013

The death of RSS

I recently wrote a blog post about moving all my RSS readers to email subscriptions, and I immediately got 30+ ......

Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform

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24 April, 2013

Why developers are leaving the Facebook platform

Recently, Bill Gurley of Benchmark wrote a great piece on how platform companies like Facebook, iOS, Android, eBay, and others ......

Why are we so bad at predicting startup success?

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10 April, 2013

Why are we so bad at predicting startup success?

One of my favorite reads this year was Nate Silver’s The Signal and the Noise which has the subtitle “Why ......