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Product-to-platform part VII: Corning’s Gorilla Glass

The pros and cons of decentralized platforms

Is OpenSea any more decentralized than eBay?

Will network effects save Ethereum from the Ethereum killers?

The chicken-and-egg problem of marketplaces

Internal network effects

Our new online course: Building and investing in network effects

Why platforms reward hyper-specialization

How merchants can avoid being commoditized on marketplaces

The rise of roll-ups on Amazon and other platforms – what explains it and how far can it go?

When pure subscription pricing makes sense for content aggregators and when it doesn’t

Why vertically specialized resellers can thrive vs. horizontal marketplaces – Steezy

Platforms should be allowed to sell on their own marketplaces

Moving from marketplace to reseller to optimize the seller experience – ThredUp

Marketplace or reseller?

Platform leakage II: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Platform leakage I

Product-to-platform part VI: WeWork, Room.com and Zoomescaper

Product-to-platform part V: Substack

Product-to-platform part IV: which products have platform potential?

Product-to-platform part III: reaching out to customers' customers

Product-to-platforms part II: connecting customers

Product-to-platforms (Part I)

What are platform businesses?

Six questions to evaluate data-enabled learning moats

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