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How tech giants get so big

Andrew Chen writes in his book, The Cold Start Problem: Using Network Effects to Scale Your Product, how companies like Google, Uber, Dropbox, and Tinder use network effects to break through the competition and reach viral growth.

Network effects describe how the value of a product or service depends on how many users engage with it. The more users engage, the more desirable it becomes.

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