Unlike other social media giants, TikTok has the benefit of seeing how search has played out on Douyin, its Bytedance sister app, which has been monetizing short-form video search for years. Connie Chan 🍒 looks at what we should expect next. a16z.com/2022/09/21/wha…

The next big trend in consumer tech is subscriptions and paid memberships. Twitter Blue is just the beginning. Thread👇

Lots of armchair analysis these days about paid memberships, but interesting to look outwards to understand core frameworks of successful membership program design. New blog post with Connie Chan 🍒 👇 a16z.com/2022/11/02/how…

If you want to see what Elon Musk *could* do next with Twitter Blue… …You should read this Great insights by Connie Chan 🍒 a16z.com/2022/11/02/how…

Contrasting Weibo’s VIP feature list with Twitter Blue’s, it’s exciting to see how much room for innovation there is. Connie Chan 🍒 lays out a framework for designing a successful paid membership program, based on learnings from China’s social media giants: a16z.com/2022/11/02/how…

It’s still day one at Whatnot, and there’s no better place to have impact shaping the future of shopping. We’re hiring in product, engineering, and across the org - DMs are open!

Last tax season, Yash Moondhra | movement.market and I paid $500+ for crypto tax products that gave us inaccurate reports. We couldn’t submit this incorrect information to the IRS, but we didn’t want to spend 10+ hours doing it manually either. It was a nightmare. (2/n)

Allen Zhang is one of my biggest inspirations in product management. 4 years after this blog post, his Wikipedia page is still 3 sentences long. It's wild how underappreciated he is in the West.

This is Grant LaFontaine and his cofounder Logan. They have built social commerce startup Whatnot into arguably the fastest growing marketplace ever, succeeding at social selling where many more well-funded companies failed. How did they do it?

Bought a plane ticket leaving for Taipei in 24 hours, AMA.

Why AI Will Save The World By Marc Andreessen The era of Artificial Intelligence is here, and boy are people freaking out. Fortunately, I am here to bring the good news: AI will not destroy the world, and in fact may save it. 🧵

As an airline passenger, I want to be reminded that I should pay more than is necessary to secure a front row seat so that I can demonstrate my appreciation for my favorite budget airline and help their profit margins Shit User Story

Vicks raghav @jason This is worth a read: a16z.com/2019/12/05/vid… Video e-commerce is huge in China in a way that it never has been in the US. Feels like that will change soon. cc Avery Segal + Whatnot

Wild stat from 's latest podcast: China opened more public electric car charging stations in December 2020 than the entire United States public charging network at that time.

One of the best parts about working in live video is shipping a feature, then watching sellers talk about it in real time. It's even more magical when the feature was literally requested and shipped within minutes.

I added a task to my to do list 6 years ago and my life was changed forever. Coming from an untraditional background into tech, I will be forever grateful that Connie Chan 🍒 took a chance on me. It was a huge privilege to work together; can't wait to see what's next!