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MyTime: Services Marketplace Raises Series B with No Legs to Stand Up On
As the Founder & CEO of Applico, the platform innovation company, I spend a lot of time iterating on platform business models. Applico has also built many platform service marketplaces like the...
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2015 Will Be the Year of the Services Marketplace, But Only if the Price is...
This post “2015 Will Be the Year of the Services Marketplace, But Only if the Price is Right” originally appeared in the Huffington Post. “Everything in our lives is going to be available in the push...
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Google, Driverless Cars and the “Gooberification” of Everything
This post “Google, Driverless Cars and the “Gooberification” of Everything” originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Google is the most dominant platform in the world. It is a pure platform company...
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The End of SaaS
This post “The End of SaaS” originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Salesforce’s famous marketing slogan “The End of Software” needs a facelift. Mr. Benioff’s CRM behemoth became the market leader...
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7 Strategies for Solving the Chicken and Egg Problem as a Startup
This post “7 Strategies for Solving the Chicken and Egg Problem as a Startup” originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Customer acquisition is a core challenge for any startup. But for platforms...
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Four Core Functions of a Platform
Every platform business has four primary functions: Matchmaking Building Liquidity Setting Rules & Standards Providing Functionality If you do these four functions well enough, your platform will...
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VSCO: Content Platform Raises $30mm without Harnessing Network Effects
The photo-editing app VSCO recently raised a $30mm Series B financing on the heels of passing the 20 million user benchmark. The app lets users take photos and edit them through preset filters that...
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The Platform Cheatsheet to Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends Deck
We’ve all read Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends deck that came out last week. If you haven’t, here’s the link to the full deck. Mary loves platforms. We combed through the deck through our platform lens...
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How The Platform Business Model Is Disrupting Sales
Today we tip our hat to a specific type of platform business that is pushing the envelope and evolving the business model–commoditized service marketplaces. Difference between commoditized and...
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How 3D Touch Will Get You An Uber Faster
How many clicks does it take to book a car with Uber or a cleaner with Handy? How many screens do you see before you “connect” to the service? It depends on what service you’re booking, but the obvious...
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