@andrewchen: Featured essays on design, blogging, and more

"Best Of" Essay List, Part 2 Hi there, Thanks for subscribing to my newsletter. I usually only write once or twice a week, but even at that pace, I've written 500+ essays. Here are some of my best essays from 2011 to present. I hope you enjoy them. -Andrew PS. If you are a designer/developer, make sure you read this: I'm training new Growth Hackers. Email me. Design How mobile startups can iterate better, faster, stronger Mobile app startups are failing like it's 1999 Don't just design your product, design your community too What factors influence DAU/MAU? Nature versus nuture Strive for great products, whether by copying, inventing, or reinventing Why you'll always think your product is shit Don't compete on features Simple is Marketable Know the difference between data-informed and versus data-driven How to use A/B testing for better product design Blogging How to write good and bad titles for your blog post How this blog grows: Evergreen content, Social whales, and "Don't get bored" How to use Twitter to predict popular blog posts you should write Industry and Investing Why are we so bad at predicting startup success? I'm a Google Glass skeptic and think it'll be the next Apple Newton Why it's hard to evaluate new social products Confessions of a Startup Seagull My friend Noah and his $100M lesson after being fired from Facebook Career Suicide versus Startup Suicide Stop asking "But how will they make money?" What makes Sequoia Capital successful? "Target big markets" The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs Visual Basic, PHP, Rails. Is Node.js next? Why I doubted Facebook could build a billion dollar business, and what I learned from being horribly wrong How sheep-like behavior breeds innovation in Silicon Valley "Anyone can start a Groupon!" and other startup myths When Does Paid Acquisition Work for SaaS Startups? Stanford CS major seeks sales/marketing monkey Copyright © 2013 @andrewchen, All rights reserved. You are subscribed to new blog posts at @andrewchen. Our mailing address is: @andrewchen Bay Area San Francisco, CA 94115 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences