Cold Start Problem
wondelai/skills/plugins/wondelai-skills/skills/cold-start-problemby wondelaic172996495bed0fcd26896a9416b2093fd7073f0MIT2.3K starsListed Oct 9, 2026Updated Oct 9, 2026Repository updated 4 weeks ago
Start and scale networked products using Andrew Chen's "The Cold Start Problem" framework for network effects. Use when the user mentions "network effects", "chicken and egg", "cold start", "two-sided marketplace", "atomic network", "hard side", "liquidity", "critical mass", "invite-only launch", "how do I get my first users", or "the marketplace has no buyers or sellers". Also trigger when launching a marketplace, social, or collaboration product that is worthless without other users, deciding launch sequencing and seeding tactics, or diagnosing stalled network growth at scale. Covers the five stages: cold start, tipping point, escape velocity, hitting the ceiling, and the moat. For word-of-mouth virality, see contagious. For habit-driven retention, see hooked-ux.
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