Andrew Chen
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
San Francisco, CA
Writes $1M – $100M checks · typically $10M
About
Andrew Chen led Uber's rider growth team before joining Andreessen Horowitz, where he is a general partner investing in consumer startups, games and AI, including through the firm's Speedrun accelerator. He is the author of The Cold Start Problem, a widely read book on network effects, and has published essays on growth and marketplaces at andrewchen.com for two decades. His newsletter and writing made him one of the best-known thinkers on user acquisition before he ever wrote a check.
andrew chen @andrewchen
Isn’t it funny we used to look up stuff and click on 10 different blue links, all overwhelmed with popups, ads, and flashing text, instead of just exactly the right answer by asking an LLM? Especially bad in anything travel, tech support, movie reviews, etc. Good riddance to the
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was just thinking how 10 year old me would think it’s so awesome you can have a job building rockets, supersonic airplanes, robots, explosives and make good money doing it!
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Invests in
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Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Reforge with Brian Balfour to provide advanced professional education on startup growth. Co-founded a now-defunct startup that was funded by the Andreessen Horowitz Angel Fund about a decade before he joined a16z.
- Communities
- Popularized the term 'growth hacking' through an essay he wrote in 2012, inspired by his friend Sean Ellis.
- Awards
- Wrote The Cold Start Problem, a best-selling book on network effects.
- More
- Has written over 650 long-form essays on startups, user growth, and network effects. Spent about a decade in the Bay Area building his network and doing dozens of angel investments and advisory roles.
From Andrew's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Deals · 1
SubstackLed round
via Andreessen Horowitz · filed Jul 2019
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Books by Andrew Chen
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Andrew ChenFireside: Andrew Chen, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz - Succeeding in Consumer Tech
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Andrew Chen on growth metrics vs strategy | 🎙 Andreessen Horowitz general partner Andrew Chen has helped the likes of Uber, Dropbox and AngelList tackle growth. This week, he joins our podcast to... | By Intercom
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Fun video featuring Jonathan driving an Uber and singing Roses (The Chainsmokers) with his riders
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Colleagues at Andreessen Horowitz
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Andrew LeeAnnie CollinsBen PortneyBenedict EvansBob SwanBowen LiuBryan FaustCaroline GogginsCarra WuChris LyonsConnor McCarthyDaisy WolfDan WendlandtDaniel ChenDaren MatsuokaDave AndersonDavid BrillembourgDavid FragaDavid HaberDon ThompsonEddy LazzarinEileen WuElizabeth HarkavyEmma CooperEric AlbyFrank ChenGabriel VasquezThomas George
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