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Under what conditions do API platforms have real and defensible network effects, as opposed to being just one-sided outsourcing services?

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What makes Audius’ decentralized model particularly suitable for the music industry and what are its main weaknesses?

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Jan 18

Important update on Platform Chronicles and our new course Monthly cadence starting with our next post and special offer for our ScholarSite course on investing in platforms.

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Dec 29, 2021

How can Corning’s Gorilla Glass be transformed into a platform by reaching out to its customers’ customers?

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Dec 14, 2021

What are the factors that make decentralized platforms better or worse than centralized platforms?

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Nov 30, 2021

OpenSea is oftentimes described as a decentralized platform. That is misleading.

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Nov 16, 2021

What are the network effects around Ethereum and layer-1 blockchains more generally, and how defensible are they?

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Nov 4, 2021

What strategies can marketplaces (and other network effects businesses) use to get past the cold-start problem?

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Oct 19, 2021

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