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The Cold Start Problem
Business
Chen's playbook for bootstrapping network effects, drawn from his time at a16z and Uber—identify an atomic network, escape gravity, then scale. Balaji calls it useful for 'anyone trying to bootstrap a new community or network, which is virtually every founder these days.'
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“Useful for anyone trying to bootstrap a new community or network.”
Quote archived in The Anthology of Balaji; Balaji also blurbed the book directly for a16z's launch materials.
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“The cold start problem is the biggest problem for builders. Thanks for sharing your wisdom, Andrew Chen”
Cited from a tweet by Garry Tan (@garrytan).
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