by Jason Costa

Opening up an API is a big commitment, one that needs to be managed well over time in order to ensure a healthy and thriving ecosystem. If a company is still in the throes of developing a product strategy and business model, it’s worth waiting…

China has about 200 million people aged 15–24, compared to about 40 million Americans in the same age group. Some 277 million[1] of China’s young…

by Jason Costa

It’s an age old question for companies: when a user hits a site for the first time, do you throw up a registration wall, or do you expose the value freely to a user and let her decide if she’d like…

China’s Changing Product Landscape

by Jason Costa

by Jason Costa

It’s been fascinating to watch how a large incumbent, Facebook, has been effectively dealing with the threat of a rapidly growing upstart, Snap. Facebook, with all of their product prowess and constellation of social apps…

Projections for the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) are so exponential they seem almost inconceivable. Today, the world has about 15 billion devices connected to the internet, everything from smartphones and computers to sensors…

by Jason Costa

I’ve been fortunate to spend time at several great companies in the consumer internet/mobile space — Google, Facebook, Twitter, and most recently at Pinterest. Now, I’m taking my next step, joining GGV Capital as…