Andrew MacDowell

Reply with your favorite platform company, and I'll profile them next!

I'd say three decisions made the difference: 1) Start with minimal viable tools and iterate based on usage. 2) When the moment is right, stop competing with creators (2008 pivot). 3) Monetize only after the model is proven (7 years for Roblox).

ROBLOX took 10 years to reach 30 million users. Then they hit 300 million in the next 3 years. I've been digging into their platform evolution. The trajectory is really instructive for anyone building developer ecosystems. (photo: Erik Cassel at ROBLOX Rally 2011)

I shot a video for my future friends at a16z speedrun.

Nobody knows why we're generating audio summaries of every movie ever made. But we'll show you why, starting at 7 am on October 10. DM me with the title of a movie you love for early access.

Pincaster launches tomorrow (6/3) at 10 am. Get on the waitlist by 11:59pm today to receive your launch code. pincaster.com

This is only the first of hundreds of location-based experiences Pincast will be releasing. *"Microtourism" is the name we've coined to describe the category that a lot of the experiences created on Pincast will fall into.

Track your progress in the Leaderboard, and comb through the trees you've already captured by looking at your Tree Collection. So go outside, open Treehopper.xyz, and collect your first tree.

The time is finally here. Meet Treehopper.xyz — a microtourism* game you play outside in NYC.