Kickstarting Network Effects
The a16z Show6 Des 2021

Kickstarting Network Effects

  • What are network effects? [1:32]
  • How do you cold start and get your first users? [2:33]
  • Atomic networks and why minimum viable community is more important than minimum viable product [6:36]
  • How do you curate your network and set norms? [8:42]
  • Faking users: good idea, bad idea? [13:13]
  • What is flintstoning? [14:26]
  • How does the relationship to creators change as you scale? [17:07]
  • Building for the professional creator class [22:52]
  • How is web3 changing incentives? [25:12]

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