Knowledge as an addictive drug—an investor’s guide to the expert network industry
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Knowledge as an addictive drug—an investor’s guide to the expert network industry
In order to grow their demand high enough to become a beneficial flywheel, Barton’s companies use a Data Content Loop to bootstrap their demand and create unique content and index an industry online (homes for Zillow, hotels and flights for Expedia, companies for Glassdoor).-Expedia: Prices for flights and hotels that before you’d have to get from ... See more
kwokchain.com • Making Uncommon Knowledge Common
General Fusion turned to InnoCentive, an online platform that connects companies to a network of nearly 400,000 experts. Some 229 engineers accessed General Fusion’s technical brief, 64 submitted solutions, and the company awarded Kirby Meachum, an MIT-trained engineer, $20,000 for his proposal.
Felix Oberholzer-Gee • Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
LinkedIn may have been a big reason for this: when GLG was getting started, coming up with a list of people who'd worked in, say, oil refining, or aircraft maintenance, or in billboard ad sales was not easy, and being able to offer people from any of those industries on demand was a competitive moat. Now, $80/month for LinkedIn Premium is enough to... See more