Anu Hariharan: How to think about network effects for your startup, from the beginning

3 May 2021 · 36 min
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Anu Hariharan, a YC Continuity partner, explains how founders should identify and measure network effects from the start. She covers the core definition (a service gets more valuable as more people join), three canonical laws that describe different types of networks, and practical metrics like retention and the smile curve that show whether your network is actually working.

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