#550: Andrew Chen — Metaverse, Metrics, and Meerkats

You never know who your writing will reach, writing today is extremely scalable

Roblox is a great example of experimentation with AR/VR, the technological risks are super low when the main objective is to have fun

Brand marketing is overused in customer acquisition

Roblox is also an example of what the metaverse could look like- the new generation’s form of social media

All day, every day he would live to stream his life

Incentives to create content change when there are clear economic opportunities

Pick your strategy first (product vision) -> Identify what retains and generates business value -> Set metrics to validate if your strategy has causation

Network Effects are the foundation of many great Silicon Valley technology companies/ You need users to make a product work – network effects are the results of positively connecting people through technology which organically makes that technology better.

Watching his stream sometimes felt like a ‘critique of your own life’