Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with co-founder and CEO of Mercury Immad Akhund about the idea of a minimum delightful product in fintech, doing the spreadsheet math on unit economics early on, and how to compete in a category already filled with incumbents. When I first started in 2006, everything was really bad.

incumbents 94

incumbents founder leadership advice 94

Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. We made up for the inefficiencies in the software by giving them good advice on how to optimize their website, and how to get going in social. Back in 2006, it was hard. 30:20 – Freemium.

consulting 51

consulting advice founder peer-to-peer 51

Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice. ” Jarvis Johnson [00:43:40] – I think that I’m sure I can do some sort of advice or Q and A type thing, but it’s just not where my attention is right now.

peer-to-peer 44

peer-to-peer advice creativity opportunity 44