First-time entrepreneurs don't excel when taking huge risks, or when they try to "move fast and break things," contrary to popular storytelling. It's more about thoughtfully asking Why something worked, and repeating that.
I know that sounds ironic, as I post this on Facebook, the company known for coining that phrase. But I'll actually use an example from Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard days to show you how this is true.
Hyperscale companies grow so fast because they have founding teams that apply a careful focus on correct decision-making about data tracking, engagement and retention. By understanding how users operate on their platform or with their product, they can tap into or create network effect.
This was true for dot com companies and it's true today in the social web. If you are not paying attention to early users, and the early users who stick with you, then you are not driving data back into the feedback loop.
TheFacebook.com could have launched in 2004 to several schools right after Zuckerberg formed his core team, since he had figured out that people signed on, and liked "liking" people.
They waited. The team worked for 18 months until they were able to reach 65-75% DAU engagement at Harvard, and then understand why they achieved that. Then they distributed it to Stanford. Then, boom!
Anu Hariharan at YC has a great study on this search for network effects.
You can read about that here: https://a16z.com/2016/03/07/all-about-network-effects/
You can watch her video interview here: https://youtu.be/vLsnYCPdNtc?t=379
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