Albert Cheng

Chief Growth Officer @Chesscom ♟️ | Ex-Head of Growth @Duolingo 🦉 @Grammarly 📝 | General Partner @sociallyfinancd 🚀 | Owner @oaklandballers ⚾

[Daniel Rensch @DanielRensch]

Widgets are live! First ten people to show me a streak longer than my 85 days on your phone screen (Android or iOS!) and I’ll throw you a 💎 membership 😉

[Chess.com @chesscom]

at least we texted back

[Albert Cheng @Albertc248]

@BarstoolBigCat

[Chess.com @chesscom]

Yes, we actually made the banner.

All 37,845 unique people who replied to this tweet earned their place in our banner and interactive site with one immortal message: Chess. 💚

Find your square: https://t.co/4HzXgz17mk

[Albert Cheng @Albertc248]

@chesscom chess

[Chess.com @chesscom]

Our Q3 Board Report is out!

Here are the standout moments and the numbers that shaped the last few months - plus a few surprises we didn’t see coming 👀

Full report: https://t.co/E9eNbr3TaO

[Chess.com @chesscom]

In memory of Daniel Naroditsky ❤️

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

In a rare interview, the growth 🐐 behind @duolingo, @Grammarly, and @chesscom shares everything he's learned about growing consumer products.

In my conversation with Albert Cheng (@Albertc248), we discuss:
🔸 What good retention looks like for a consumer subscription app in 2025
🔸 How showing premium features to free users doubled Grammarly’s upgrades to paid plans
🔸 How to use the explore-exploit framework to find new growth opportunities
🔸 Why “reverse trials” work better than time-based trials
🔸 The three pillars of successful gamification: core loop, metagame, and profile

Listen now 👇
• YouTube: https://t.co/V8c1Rz1auw
• Spotify: https://t.co/fBSeyEGQKw
• Apple: https://t.co/gsA6Z0s2vD

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting the podcast:
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[Albert Cheng @Albertc248]

🎧 🚀 Check out my new episode with @lennysan on growing consumer subscriptions!

I've been fortunate to lead Growth at three of the world's most beloved subscription products - @duolingo, @Grammarly, and @chesscom. In this conversation I share the stories and tactical examples on the journey to running 1,000+ experiments per year, improving our velocity while uncovering counterintuitive insights along the way. Let me know what you think!

And thanks Lenny for the thought-provoking questions!

YouTube: https://t.co/84X58Pusb6
Apple: https://t.co/LwV7tA3ki9
Spotify: https://t.co/ZoATcukoOi

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

Upcoming podcast guests 🔥

- Stewart Butterfield (@stewart), co-founder Slack
- Melanie Perkins (@MelanieCanva), CEO Canva
- Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), co-founder a16z
- Elena Verna (@ElenaVerna), Head of Growth Lovable
- Robby Stein (@rmstein), Head of Google Search
- Dylan Field (@zoink), CEO Figma
- Chip Huyen (@chipro), author "AI Engineering"
- Nicole Forsgren (@nicolefv), DevEx expert
- Jason Droege (@jdroege), CEO Scale AI
- Molly Graham (@molly_g), "Give away your legos"
- Albert Cheng (@Albertc248), Head of Growth at Duo, Grammarly, Chess
- Jason Cohen (@asmartbear), founder WPEngine

[Daniel Rensch @DanielRensch]

Product meeting this morning… look at our sexy widgets coming soon 😉 (couple weeks out!)

[Albert Cheng @Albertc248]

@kevinakwok @willdepue @DanielRensch Sure. DM me let's explore this!

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

Checkmate, QP ♟️

Last weekend, Quinten Post won the Chesstival Tournament in Las Vegas, donating all prize money to @ReadingPartners.

[Chess.com @chesscom]

new crashout feature available now! (press F)

[Chess.com @chesscom]

DEFENSE VS DEFENSE ♟️

Rudy Gobert pulled up to the Hoop Gambit event to play against Wemby 🤯🤯

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

From buckets to bishops, he does it all♟️

Quinten Post showed off his chess skills at Chesstival during Summer League, taking the W in the Blitz tournament—and donating the prize money to a charity of his choice.

[Chess.com @chesscom]

An important update.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

The Head of John the Baptist brought to Herod, by Giovanni di Paolo, 1454