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The Platform Matrix: All Platforms Are Not Created Equal
— Bill Gates (as relayed by Chamath Palapithiya)
Sameer Singh • The Platform Matrix: All Platforms Are Not Created Equal
Economic benefit: Finally, platforms provide economic benefits to developers and help them build, monetize or enhance their businesses on top of the platform. These benefits can be either direct (earning revenue from the platform) or indirect (improving engagement or retention via the platform).
Sameer Singh • The Platform Matrix: All Platforms Are Not Created Equal
I previously evaluated the scalability of marketplaces based on the geographic range of their network effects, i.e. the maximum physical distance between demand and supply for interactions to take place. Marketplaces with cross-border network effects are significantly more scalable than hyperlocal ones because they can leverage a supplier in one re... See more
Sameer Singh • The Platform Matrix: All Platforms Are Not Created Equal
Development framework: One of the most basic requirements for any platform is that it must allow third-party developers to leverage the platform’s capabilities to create software products for platform users.
Sameer Singh • The Platform Matrix: All Platforms Are Not Created Equal
“A platform is when the economic value of everybody that uses it, exceeds the value of the company that creates it”