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Andrew Chen on marketplaces
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Andrew Chen on marketplaces

Andrew Chen shares key considerations, crossroads, and predictions for online marketplaces.

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Uber's virtuous cycle. Geographic density, hyperlocal marketplaces, and why drivers are key
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- Jan 25, 2016
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Uber's virtuous cycle. Geographic density, hyperlocal marketplaces, and why drivers are key

Uber's virtuous cycle. Geographic density, hyperlocal marketplaces, and why drivers are key

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First post!
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- Sep 27, 2006
First post!

All right! I finally decided to make a blog to collect all the random e-mails and notes I send to friends. Anyway, here’s the first post out of many.

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Early nerd memories ;)
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- Sep 28, 2006
Early nerd memories ;)

I don’t remember being a nerd before 5th grade. In 5th grade though, I had a teacher that would change my life forever, and set me on my path to nerdiness. His name was Kent Daniels, and he was my 5th grade math teacher. Now, Kent was no ordinary teacher. His class had a kumbaya-l...

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Creating value in the online ad market
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- Sep 28, 2006
Creating value in the online ad market

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a bunch of notes on the Internet advertising market. Specifically, it seemed like there were 4 major categories for creating value on the web: 1) Make existing high-value inventory even more valuable Rich media, video ads, and “profile” targeting fall i...

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Random notes on early adopters
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- Sep 28, 2006
Random notes on early adopters

A couple weeks back, I had a conversation with my friends about consumer early adopters and was wondering how to define them. Although they’re described with some detail in "Crossing the Chasm," that group seemed to be more B2B focused rather than consumer-oriented. Anyway, we dis...

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YouTube and Monetizing Social Networking
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- Sep 29, 2006
YouTube and Monetizing Social Networking

My buddy Eric Mattson asks my opinion on YouTube: Andrew,Do you really view things like YouTube as sustainable businesses?Bandwidth is cheap. Storage is cheap. Why do people need YouTube?Eric Good question. (BTW, visit his blog at marketingmonger.com) For now, it’s too early to te...

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Do hardcore Microsofties suck at startups?
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- Sep 29, 2006
Do hardcore Microsofties suck at startups?

Living a mere 10 minutes from Redmond, WA, I’ve come to know lots of random Microsoft people over the years. Lots of my friends from college went there. My ex-girlfriend is there. In fact, in the last month, my sister Ada graduated from UPenn and joined MSN Search. (Congratulatio...

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Favorite game design article
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- Sep 30, 2006
Favorite game design article

After several random, semi-failed attempts at creating consumer websites, I’ve come to a new appreciation for companies like IDEO, and industries like video games, for pioneering rapid prototying techniques. By failing faster and more often, they are able to converge to a good sol...

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5 ways I screwed up my first website
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- Oct 1, 2006
5 ways I screwed up my first website

Growing up in the time of the dot com bubble was a surreal thing. In 1999, I was 16 or 17 years old, and a junior at the University of Washington. I had started using the Internet early – as a progression from playing with BBSes to using apps like gopher and archie/veronica at th...

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The difficulties facing video ad networks
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- Oct 1, 2006
The difficulties facing video ad networks

Here’s a recent link on VideoEgg raising money and trying to start an ad network: GigaOM » VideoEgg Lays on Ad Network, Funding. Following on the previous post about YouTube, it’s clear that there will be a footrace to create a video ad network. This is all well and good, but I ho...

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Trending towards people-focused products
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- Oct 1, 2006
Trending towards people-focused products

Great BusinessWeek article on Design Schools: The Talent Hunt. It’s interesting to see a huge trend towards people-focused product creation in Corporate America. I think people are really starting to see design as a core aspect of their strategy, rather than some magic you add in...

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Just got a new book, woohoo!
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- Oct 1, 2006
Just got a new book, woohoo!

It’s a book about the evolution of football: Amazon.com: The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game: Books: Michael Lewis. For those of you who haven’t read Michael Lewis’s books, they are amazing. I first found Lewis through his book Liar’s Poker, about Wall Street. But after also readi...

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Wallop and different perspectives on interfaces
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- Oct 1, 2006
Wallop and different perspectives on interfaces

Greg, a Seattle tech blogger writes: Not walloped by Wallop. My favorite quote: First, I have to admit, I am in no way in their target demographic. I am too old and boring, and my dating days are way behind me. I have two random comments about the target demographic of Wallop. Fir...

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Diagram of Fanboys from Joystiq
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- Oct 1, 2006
Diagram of Fanboys from Joystiq

Haha, I like it: IDF: Iraqi Defense Force ADF: Apple Defense Force NDF: Nintendo Defense Force Source: Picture it: fanboys fight harder – Joystiq.

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Great directory of Game Design essays
- Andrew Chen
- Oct 1, 2006
Great directory of Game Design essays

Click here to see a bunch: Lost Garden Blog. I was surprised to hear recently that Seattle and LA are considered the big hotbeds for video game design. Cool :) I’ve always known that with Nintendo, XBox, Valve (which is located in the same building as me!), Popcap, and others, tha...

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What’s the ad unit? (PayPerPost)
- Andrew Chen
- Oct 2, 2006
What’s the ad unit? (PayPerPost)

Saw this on TechCrunch today: Controversial PayPerPost Raises $3 million. I haven’t used the service, but it’s interesting thing to how they are approaching creating a new marketplace. Building a marketplace is hard. Not only do you have to get the chickens and the eggs to all lin...

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E-mail is for old farts
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- Oct 3, 2006
E-mail is for old farts

Ars Technica article on a fascinating audience trend: Teens – E-mail is for old people. It’s something that’s come out in interviews I’ve had with people that are 19 or younger. Rather than using e-mail, instead they use text messaging or IM or MySpace. For someone who’s an e-mail...

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