Andrew Chen
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Andrew Chen
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2018 - Current
Investing at the intersection of Tech x Gaming, including AI, VR/AR, 3D, gamified apps, etc https://a16z.gg/
Author, THE COLD START PROBLEM
2019 - 2022
The Cold Start Problem launched in 2021 as a top 50 bestselling audiobook and top 500 hardcover on Amazon. Featured in Financial Times, Forbes, CNBC, the Tim Ferris podcast, and more. https://coldstart.com
Growth
2015 - 2018
I led Uber's Rider Growth product teams! (Plus tours of duty on NACS, driver growth, growth platform, etc.) #superpumpedness
Founder
2009 - 2014
Co-founded consumer startup that raised seed/A from Horowitz Andreessen Angel Fund, Mitch Kapor, Index Ventures, Ignition Partners, Tom Bedecarre/WPP Ventures and others. Team soft-landed at Uber after building and launching fast-growing consumer apps with multiple viral loops with k-factor>1 resulting in 10s of millions of active users, growing on AOL IM, Facebook, and Android platforms
Investments
Latest Articles
Bureaucrat mode
Talks about Founder mode vs Bureaucrat mode, Wartime CEOs vs Peacetime CEOs and organizational bureaucracy
Unfortunate startup pivots (a short list)
Talks about early-stage startups, pivoting and business pivot strategies
What I'm up to at a16z and in life: New LA office, Speedrun 4, Tech Week, and more
Talks about a16z Los Angeles office, a16z speedrun accelerator and SF and LA tech week
The end of the 1 billion active user ad-supported consumer startup
Talks about horizontal apps, vertical apps and whale monetization