Here's a common startup situation. A team busts their ass for months building the first version of their product. It's almost done. Now a big question emerges -- how do you get the first people to use your product? Hmm... If you find yourself at this moment, then you are already in a bad... See more

If distribution is the new moat, where is the Y-Combinator for creating distribution, not software? I don’t think it exists. There isn’t much product risk anymore in most startups. Only distribution risk.

The death of the press release Why launching products on social media is the only way to go Recently I've been working with a lot of early startups as part of A16Z SPEEDRUN — our accelerator focused on the intersection of TECH x GAMES — and many of these teams end up launching their products during the 3... See more

🚨 a16z @speedrun request for founders: the modern growth hacker 🚨 Distribution hacks change every few years. Airbnb growth hacked Craigslist, Zynga growth hacked Facebook. What’s next? Here’s the current meta that many are missing: clip-farming. Find an army of micro-influencers, have them... See more