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Published in Platform Hunt

·Jun 28, 2016

The Guide to Platform Business Models

Platforms are essential to business model innovation in all companies today, from startups to tech giants and large enterprises. Platform Hunt is an open initiative turning the art of building a platform into science. We studied 160+ platform businesses and discovered 8 distinct types of platform business models. These 8 platform types have different platform mechanics, including how they create network effects, types of players and their interactions, approaches to solving the “chicken and egg” problem, openness, growth dynamics, subsidies, competitive strategies and monetisation methods.

Business Models

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Published in Platform Hunt

·Jun 12, 2016

The 9 Types of Software Platforms

Almost every software entrepreneur nowadays builds some kind of a ‘platform’. Yet very few will confidently answer a seemingly simple, but very important question: What kind of platform do you build? All platforms are not created equal. Google Search, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Marketplace, Android, Uber, AirBnB, Waze, WeWork…

Startup

9 min read

Published in Platform Hunt

·Jul 1, 2015

Announcing Platform Hunt

Platforms disrupt industry after industry: Google disrupts advertising, Facebook disrupts telecom, Amazon disrupts retail, Apple disrupts music (again), Android disrupts consumer electronics, AirBnB disrupts hotels, Uber disrupts transportation, Zenefits disrupts insurance, Munchery disrupts restaurants, FreightOS disrupts shipping, Trucker Path disrupts long-haul trucking, WeWork disrupts office real-estate business…

Platform

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