(0:00) Intro(0:54) Building a Culture of Iteration and Continuous Improvement(2:29) The Importance of User Retention in Duolingo's Growth(3:24) The Power of A/B Testing in Product Development(7:57) Balancing User Feedback and Data in Product Design(10:24) The Role of Marketing in Duolingo's Growth(15:54) The Importance of Setting Constraints in Product Development(18:35) The Role of Metrics in Decision Making(24:02) The Power of Viral Marketing and Memes in Brand Building(30:44) The Impact of Social Media Marketing on User Acquisition(35:41) The Impact of Passive Aggressive Notifications(37:42) Dealing with Controversial Content and Backlash(42:40) The Importance of Being Scrappy in Marketing(45:13) The Challenges of Teaching Languages(49:25) The Importance of User Retention in Duolingo(51:14) The Journey to Monetizing Duolingo(56:40) The Challenges of Introducing Monetization in Duolingo(1:04:16) The Expansion of Duolingo Beyond Languages(1:09:13) Growing User Base and Utilizing AI(1:11:16) Impact of Going Public on Duolingo's Operations(1:16:00) The Importance of Employee Selection in Duolingo(1:22:42) The entrepreneurial journey(1:33:46) Improving the Education System(1:37:21) The honeypot website to catch cheating students Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah ClapperMixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyExecutive Producer: Josh Machiz ? Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg ? Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials? Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow? Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow? Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the ShowLogan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.