Podcast · ~40 min listen

Designing for, Marketing to, and Partnering with Gen Z

Andreessen Horowitz · a16z Podcast (Tiffany Zhong, Connie Chan) Free Beginner

A conversation with someone who built a business decoding young people's wants, aimed at founders who did not grow up inside those habits. As a student you have the advantage they are paying to reverse engineer, so this shows you how much your native read on your peers is worth. It also flags where outsiders get Gen Z wrong.

  • Your instinctive read on your generation is a genuine edge outsiders lack.
  • Short form video and authenticity reshaped how young people adopt things.
  • Building for young users is different in kind, not just in style.
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The question it answers

  1. I'm still a student. How do I use my age and campus as an advantage for spotting the next trend?

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