9 Best Articles in 2020
a16z
Online Marketplaces
a16z
3 min read · 48 saves · From 2017 · We’re continuing to see tremendous innovation in marketplaces. The first generation of net companies saw a few big horizontal marketplace winners like eBay and…
medium.com
Blockchain-based Machine Learning Marketplaces
medium.com
9 min read · 203 saves · From 2018 · Machine learning models trained on data from blockchain-based marketplaces have the potential to create the world’s most powerful…
Sarah Tavel
The Hierarchy of Marketplaces — Introduction and Level 1
Sarah Tavel
6 min read · 40 saves · Jun 15th · Sarah Tavel · A framework for building enduring marketplaces.
Stripe
Andrew Chen on Marketplaces
Stripe
~14 min read · 34 saves · 2019-08-13 · Andrew Chen shares key considerations, crossroads, and predictions for online marketplaces.
First Round
How Modern Marketplaces Like Uber and Airbnb Build Trust to Achieve Liquidity
First Round
~11 min read · 50 saves · From 2015 · Anand Iyer, former Head of Product at Threadflip, on how marketplaces can build trust in order to build their businesses.
Bill Gurley
All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces
Bill Gurley
8 min read · 91 saves · From 2013
Greylock
Four Strategies to Win Big with Low Frequency Marketplaces
Greylock
5 min read · 52 saves · From 2017 · Frequency creates habit which creates loyalty which creates profit. Uber and Lyft are successful because consumers need to get from A to B…
NFX
19 Tactics to Solve the Chicken-or-Egg Problem and Grow Your Marketplace
NFX
5 min read · 77 saves · From 2018 · An inside look at 19 tactics top marketplaces have used to solve the chicken-or-egg problem and kickstart growth.
medium.com
LinkedIn is the New Craigslist
medium.com
~18 min read · 64 saves · 2019-05-07 · Jeff Fluhr · The Coming Hyper-verticalization of Labor Marketplaces
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Version One Ventures
A Guide to Marketplaces: Third Edition
Version One Ventures
18 saves · Oct 6th · We’re thrilled to announce the third edition of “A Guide to Marketplaces.” We published our first edition five years ago and the second nearly…
Casey Winters
Sequencing Business Models: The Types of Marketplaces
Casey Winters
8 min read · Oct 20th · Casey Winters · Many entrepreneurs and even larger companies set out to build marketplaces. Understanding which type of marketplace is important for a lot of strategic decisions…
TechCrunch
Europe’s Point Nine outs new ~€100M fund to back early-stage SaaS and digital marketplaces
TechCrunch
1 min read · Sep 22nd · Point Nine, the pan-European early-stage VC focused on SaaS and digital marketplaces, has raised its fifth fund, totalling just short of €100 million (in…
Econsultancy
The future of social selling and marketplaces is today; how can brands leverage this opportunity?
Econsultancy
4 min read · Sep 9th · In just a few short years, shopping journeys have evolved from what was traditionally ‘search, click, buy’ to more continuous cycles of activity. With…
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NFX
How Billion Dollar Marketplaces Are Built with Marco Zappacosta, Co-Founder & CEO of Thumbtack
NFX
29 saves · Jan 5th · NFX Managing Partner Pete Flint talks to Thumbtack co-founder & CEO Marco Zappacosta about building billion dollar marketplaces.
medium.com
The Case For B2B Marketplaces — The 4 Kinds of B2B Marketplaces
medium.com
1 min read · 14 saves · 2019-09-03 · Robin Dechant · At Point Nine, we’ve been very enthusiastic about B2B marketplaces for quite some time now — to the point that we organized a conference…
a16z
Where the Opportunities Are in Regulated Marketplaces: Managed Marketplaces
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~13 min read · 33 saves · 2019-08-28 · There might be no more beloved image of the American entrepreneurial spirit than that of neighborhood kids who open a sidewalk lemonade stand on…
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Marketplaces
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25 saves · From 2018 · What makes marketplace business models so attractive, especially as compared to classic ecommerce and retail? (Hint: network effects.) From the classic unbun...
HackerNoon
Not All Marketplaces are Created Equal: Tales of a Marketplace Founder
HackerNoon
20+ min read · 27 saves · 2019-01-22 · Dave Lu · My company Pared was recently included in an essay from Andrew Chen and Li Jin entitled What’s next for marketplace startups? Recently…
The New York Times
Buy Low-Tops, Sell High-Tops: A Sneaker Exchange Is Worth $1 Billion
The New York Times
6 min read · 37 saves · 2019-06-26 · Erin Griffith · StockX is one of several online marketplaces that have turned resales of shoes into a big — and highly valued — business.
Version One Ventures
Raising Capital for Marketplaces in 2016
Version One Ventures
1 min read · 28 saves · From 2016 · A question we’re often asked during conversations with early-stage entrepreneurs is “What do investors look for when considering a Seed or Series A startup?”…
marketplacestack.com
Marketplace Stack - A collection of infrastructure tools for online marketplaces
marketplacestack.com
6 min read · 26 saves · From 2016 · A collection of infrastructure tools for online marketplaces
Journal
The Anatomy of a Marketplace – Noteworthy — The Journal Blog
Journal
5 min read · 20 saves · From 2017 · Marketplaces as Living, Breathing and Complex Organisms
