Network Effects

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Does Real Identity Matter for Networks?

NFX nfx.com

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Increasing Returns and the New World of Business

W. Brian Arthur hbr.org

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In more physical industries, there are generally diminishing marginal returns: the next acre you plant and next oil well you drill is probably not as productive as the last one—because if it were, you would have done it first! But the next user of a software platform is often more valuable than the previous one, because they increase the size of the network.

Flywheel Effect: Positive Feedback Loops - Eric Jorgenson — Eric Jorgenson

Eric Jorgenson ejorgenson.com

Tom White

Internet Scale Businesses

joincolossus.com

Jay Matthews

All about Network Effects

Future future.com

Jay Matthews

The best software businesses are networks. When every new user that joins makes the network more valuable for the other users, it leads to a sort of accelerating value and growth that is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Nobody can copy the value you provide, because the value isn’t derived from your functionality, it comes from your... See more

Nathan Baschez • Roam’s Road Ahead

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Platforms and Aggregators

Tomas Pueyo unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com

Darren LI

Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks - a16z crypto

Andreessen Horowitz (AZ)a16zcrypto.com

Leo Guinan

Competitive Moats in an Information World — Geoff Yamane

Geoff Yamane geoff-yamane.com

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