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If you want to understand the power dynamics between different platforms, aggregators and other players in a tech ecosystem, it’s better to look at them as a vertical stack with different layers.
On each layer of the stack, companies are trying to create value and to capture value. The lowest layers of the stack are typically the most powerful. If you are able to take control of a layer, you can dictate the terms of most of the value creation and value capture that is happening in the layers above you.
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But what if the end of the stack isn’t an interface? What if the lowest possible layer in the stack is actually the user itself?
Identity is a crucial component of almost every single layer in the stack. Every network is just a collection of nodes and if you want to build c...
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There are several types of network effect that should be properly understood:
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Switching costs describe how difficult or expensive it is for a user to switch from one product to another.
Multihoming costs explain how easy or likely it is to use multiple competing networks simultaneously.
In general, the higher t...
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A good part of the most successful companies leverage the power of the network effect as their competitive advantage.
Network effects occur when the value of a product or service is subject to the number of users. A positive network effect ...
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The world’s most successful companies all exhibit some form of structural competitive advantage: A defensibility mechanism that protects their margins and profits from competitors over long periods of time.
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Telephone and railroads companies are more defensible than companies such as Facebook and Google because their business mainly relies on atoms instead of bits.
In contrast to bits, atoms have marginal costs. You can copy and paste a piece...
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As a result of the vertical stack, companies are trying to:
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The base layer is the final interface between the stack and the end user – which is typically an operating system tied to a piece of hardware.
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Value chains are horizontal visualizations of all the value-adding business activities involved in creating a product or service from start to finish.
Value chains are great to analyze traditional businesses and industries but they are not a very us...
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We all know that, the more a product is used, the more it will be used. The problem is that, our understanding of this phenomenon is quite limited. What if we tried to better understand the dynamics behind it? This article is a great read for anyone that would like more insights on this interesting topic.
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