What’s the good kind of “hockey stick” growth?

Andy Jiang
Andreessen Horoscopes
1 min readJul 5, 2016

In our constant meetings with entrepreneurs, one topic of confusion that repeatedly surfaces is “hockey stick” growth. Specifically, about what direction the hockey stick should be pointed in. Well, we decided to give back to the community by sharing our knowledge in this brief, yet invaluable blog post.

Don’t be ashamed — hockey sticks are confusing.

Stay tuned for an upcoming blog post on the nuanced differences between “tennis racket” and “squash racket” growth.

— A.

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Andy Jiang
Andreessen Horoscopes

writer, comic, engineer. poking out of my bamboo cage.