The Cold Start Problem is the single hardest challenge for any network-effect business. Solve it and you’re unstoppable. Fail and you’re nothing.

cold-startnetwork-effectsBook launch, 2021

At Uber, I learned that growth isn’t about tricks. It’s about building a product so good that people tell their friends.

growthproductBlog post, 2019

I started blogging about growth in 2007. Fifteen years later, those blog posts are still generating deal flow. Content compounds.

bloggingcontentInterview, 2022

Clubhouse taught me that viral growth without retention is just a bubble. The cold start problem has a sequel: the retention problem.

clubhousegrowthBlog, 2022

The atomic network is the minimum viable community that makes a product useful. Find it and you’ve found the key to everything.

communitynetwork-effectsThe Cold Start Problem, 2021