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Viral Effects Are Not Network Effects
7 min · · Virality and network effects are conflated by even experienced Founders, and it keeps them from developing the right strategies and playbooks. · Shared by 10, including Jacob du Toit
medium.com
Review of “Platform Revolution”
2 min · · This article is a review of "Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy - And How to Make Them Work for You" by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul… · Shared by 2, including Jacob du Toit
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Book Notes: Platform Revolution
2 min · · Below are some of my takeaways from the book Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy — and How to Make… · Shared by 2, including Jacob du Toit
wtfeconomy.com
Networks and the Nature of the Firm – From the WTF? Economy to the Next Economy
19+ min · · The discussion around companies like Uber and Airbnb is too narrow. The issue isn’t just employment, but a huge economic shift led by… · Shared by 16, including Bertrand Maltaverne, Jacob du Toit, Philippe Gauvin
pyvis.readthedocs.io
Tutorial¶
6 min · · pyvis The pyvis library is meant for quick generation of visual network graphs with minimal python code. It is designed as a wrapper around the popular Javascript visJS library found at this link. All… · Shared by 2, including Jacob du Toit
Forbes
Artificial Intelligence: Why It's Essential For Digital Platforms
3 min · · Technology is the easiest part of platforms; user adoption is the most difficult part, and AI plays a crucial role in that · Shared by 152, including Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Remy Bataille, Iain Brown, PhD, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Bob E. Hayes, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Elinor Stutz, Danie, Andreas Staub, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Jacob du Toit, Stephanie A Kowalski, Gil Press, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Ronald van Loon, Jim Marous 💯, Howard Getson, Katja Evertz, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, LARRY ELKAN
kevin simler
Going Critical — Melting Asphalt
· Shared by 57, including shishir das, Tom Connor, Igor Varyvoda, Matthew Turland, Mathew Ingram, Jacob du Toit, Neal Agarwal, Michael Weibel, Patrick OShaughnessy
Stratechery
Shopify and the Power of Platforms
7 min · · It is all but impossible to beat an Aggregator head-on, as Walmart is trying to do with Amazon. The solution instead is to build a platform like Shopify. · Shared by 160, including Fabrizio Bianchi, Jonathan Kogan, Weiting Chen, Mark Kaigwa, mdy, @jason, Ben Thompson, Sachin Rekhi, Casey Winters, Scott Brinker, James Young, Oscar MacDonald, Walid Ark, Marko Saric, Ricky Yean, osioke.eth
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16 Ways to Measure Network Effects
14+ min · · 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
Dion Almaer
The difference between Platforms and Ecosystems
5 min · · “What’s the difference between a platform and an ecosystem?” This simple question resulted in an ecosystem strategy to connect sub-ecosystems that work on the Web. · Shared by 33, including Antonio Vieira Santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jacob du Toit
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The 13 Types of Network Effects
· Network effects are the strongest defensibility remaining in the digital age. There are many types of network effects, but not all are created equal. We crea... · Shared by 3, including Jacob du Toit, Peak Capital
Harvard Business Review
Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t
15+ min · · What Alibaba, Tencent, and Uber teach us about networks that flourish. The five characteristics that make the difference. · Shared by 46, including Bertrand Maltaverne, Bill Johnston, Jacob du Toit, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Wong