9 Best Articles in 2022
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Hidden Networks: Network Effects That Don’t Look Like Network Effects
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Summary · ~12 min read · · Some network effects (when a network gains more value to its users as more people participate in its platform) don’t show up in the usual metrics. Their hidden nature makes them hard to measure – but they can confer significant long-term competitive advantages. In an insightful article for A16Z.com, D’Arcy Coolican – an Andreessen Horowitz partner and a co-founder of the peer-to-peer lending platform Frank – shines a light on hidden networks, giving useful guidelines for identifying when they’re at work. · Shared by 311, including Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Chintan Shah, Gerrit Eicker, Dominik Grolimund, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Ricky Yean, Javi Cantón, Gabriele, Chris Schultz ✌️, Claudia Sommer, Bernhard Huessy, Bill Johnston, Niklaus Gerber, almagentia369, Jonathan Kogan, getAbstract, Yvette Dubel, Merkstatt, Liliane Ferrari ™, kp 🇺🇦
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Two Powerful Mental Models: Network Effects and Critical Mass
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20+ min read · · This post is all about network effects and critical mass. But it’s also about applying those concepts as important mental models in business, so I will share a short story about a business decision I… · Shared by 309, including Esther Schindler, Courtney Bolton ★, Klaus Eck, Greg Meyer, Mathias Böhm, Jacob Jarnvall, Matthieu de Luze, Martin Recke, Nir Eyal, Dominik Grolimund, Stefan T, Stephanie A Kowalski, Martin Rajcan, Raul Tiru 🌎, Ibrahim Nergiz, Marcus Kuhn, Mark Kaigwa, Brent Summers, Brij Singh, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
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Kickstarting Network Effects
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2 min read · · Network effects can be found powering almost every major technology company, from messaging apps and workplace collaboration tools, like Slack and Zoom, to marketplaces, like Airbnb and Instacart to… · Shared by 253, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, andrewchen
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The Network Effects Manual: 13 Different Network Effects (and counting)
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20+ min read · · The 13 Network Effects & How They Actually Work · Shared by 130, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, mdy, ron boger, Glenn Oberholzer, Patrick OShaughnessy, Marc Garriga, von Moerenburgh, Ha Duong, Simon, Arne Keuning, osioke.eth, Martin Recke, Clemens, kp 🇺🇦, Dominik Grolimund
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16 Ways to Measure Network Effects
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~14 min read · · Network effects are one of the most important dynamics in software and marketplace businesses. But they’re often spoken of in a binary way: either you have them, or you don’t. In practice, most com… · Shared by 151, including Elena Neira, Remy Bataille, Dominik Grolimund, Vinny Lingham, Sacha Roger, Carl Morris, Li Jin, ErmanTaylan.eth, kp 🇺🇦, Thomas Pleil, Sachin Rekhi, Neil Lee, Johannes Lenz, Liliane Ferrari ™, Bill Johnston
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What Makes Data Valuable: The Truth About Data Network Effects
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10 min read · · Data is not inherently valuable. Most data doesn’t produce a real data network effect, and most data network effects aren’t that powerful even once established. Data strategy, in terms of value… · Shared by 103, including Dominik Grolimund, 瑞拿頭, Rob Go, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
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Beyond Metcalfe’s Law for Network Effects, and Towards a Better Model
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7 min read · · Metcalfe’s Law persists today in discussions of network effects, yet it is not enough for those in the industry who seek to create, scale, and compete using this powerful force -- the product… · Shared by 116, including Zoe Scaman, andrewchen, John Hagel, Scott Brinker, Thomas Pleil
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The Dynamics of Network Effects
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9 min read · · The most successful companies and products of the internet era have all been predicated on the concept of network effects, where the network becomes more valuable to users as more people use it. Th… · Shared by 107, including Li Jin, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, fernand0, Sachin Rekhi, Jorge Alcaín Pro, Bill Johnston, Ha Duong, Dominik Grolimund, Oscar MacDonald, Nir Eyal
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All about Network Effects
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2 min read · · Network effects. It’s one o · Shared by 104, including Eckart Burgwedel, Sarah (Patrick) Anyan, Luis Roig, Daniel Jörg, Benedict Evans, Mark Needham, Sacha Roger, Walid Ark, Dominik Grolimund, Startupxplore
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Your Life is Driven by Network Effects
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20+ min read · · What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear.We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out… · Shared by 255, including David Nagel, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Ha Duong, rohit, Mark Kaigwa, John Hagel, Kathryn Minshew, sircharlsxavier, Tom Connor, Faik Ersoy, Shawn Venasse, Tomas Pueyo, Thomas Power
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Network Effects
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· Network Effects A N U H A R I H A R A N E T A L What are network effects? Properties, terms, and laws of networks Strategies for building network effects What aren’t network effects? Case studies of… · Shared by 43, including Bill Johnston, Thomas Power, Veronika Lampion, Dominik Grolimund, Leo Polovets, Leslie D
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How Network Effects Rule the World (with James Currier)
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20+ min read · · Entrepreneur and investor James Currier joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the power and future of networks. · Shared by 105, including Azeem Azhar, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Bill Johnston
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Network Effects Aren’t Enough
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~17 min read · · The hidden traps in building an online marketplace · Shared by 106, including uri0x.eth, Veronika Lampion, Kevin_Indig, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰, Thomas Power, Jared Schaffer, Mathias Böhm, shishir das, Mo Schuster, Nir Eyal, Marco Unternaehrer, Andy Weissman, Clemens, Bill Johnston, Marc Zenger, Dominik Grolimund, Stowe Boyd
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Beyond network effects; digging moats in non-networked products
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6 min read · · Important businesses will be built in areas without network effects and there are ways to become extremely valuable without them · Shared by 36, including Nir Eyal, Dominik Grolimund
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The Three Systems Beneath Network Effects
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8 min read · · An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem · Shared by 92, including Nathan Baschez 📧
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70% of Value in Tech is Driven by Network Effects
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5 min read · · The Big 5 — Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon — are hitting all time high valuations. Airbnb is worth more than Hilton in the… · Shared by 104, including Mark Kaigwa, Agustin, Mathew Ingram, Bjorn Larsen, Johann Romefort, Clemens M. Schuster, Thomas Pleil, Weiting Chen, Ha Duong, Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Martin Recke, Thomas Wong, Arne Keuning, Nir Eyal
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Essays on network effects, growth hacking, and tech
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2 min read · · @andrewchen Get my newsletter. It features long-form essays on startups, growth, metrics, and network effects. I’ve written 650+ essays which have been featured and quoted in The New York Times,… · Shared by 72, including Chung Chen, ₵BZ, Simon, Thomas Power, Kunal Bhatia (✈️ SF till 10/1), Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Herbert Bay, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Carlo Badini
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Network Effects
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· What are network effects? Properties, terms, and laws of networks Strategies for building network effects What aren’t network effects? Case studies of companie… · Shared by 17, including Thomas Power, Thomas Pleil, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, blinch, Jakub Ferenc
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