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Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You
Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary
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Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne, “Two-Sided Network Effects: A Theory of Information Product Design,”
Sunil Gupta • Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business
The Power Law of Distribution
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
The internet unlocks distribution. Traditionally, gatekeepers dictated who had influence: record labels, newspaper editors, studio executives. Now anyone can build an online community. You can share videos to YouTube, writing to Substack, music to Soundcloud
Rex Woodbury • The Creator Manifesto 🎨
While platforms and marketplaces vertically unbundled production from distribution and encouraged distributed and decentralised production, the ability to horizontally bundle market infrastructure and governance enabled them to centralize governance and rewards.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Unbundling the unbundlers - The end of winner-takes-all
Today’s dominant internet platforms are built on aggregating users and user data. As these platforms have grown, so has their ability to provide value — thanks to the power of network effects — which has enabled them to stay ahead.
Scott Kominers • Why Build in Web3
These successful companies in most cases weren’t true platforms, but aggregators, locking in demand and exerting central control.