Andrew Chen

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States16 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
  • Author of bestselling book 'The Cold Start Problem'.
  • Led growth initiatives at Uber.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist and Author with expertise in Growth Strategy and Consumer Technology.

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About

More info - Newsletter: http://andrewchen.substack.com - Book: http://coldstart.com

Experience

16 yrs
Total Experience
4 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs
Current Experience

Harpercollins publishers

Author, THE COLD START PROBLEM

Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 · 3 yrs

  • 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

Andreessen horowitz

General Partner

May 2018 – Present · 8 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • a16z speedrun: We invest up to $1m into very early startups

Uber

Growth

Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I led Uber's Rider Growth product teams! (Plus tours of duty on NACS, driver growth, growth platform, etc.) #superpumpedness

Stealth startup

Founder

Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 · 5 yrs · Palo Alto, CA

  • 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

Education

University of Washington

Bachelor of Science - BS — Applied Mathematics

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