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How to ignite hypergrowth: platforms’ secrets
Platforms are the dirty little secret of many hyper growth businesses Platform businesses, such as eBay, Google and Facebook have been booming over the past few years. More recently firms like...
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What is a platform business?
Since we declared our love to platform businesses in a previous post it is only fair for us to try to provide a definition of what we mean by platforms before explaining in more detail why we love...
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Platform powered ecosystems: the new competitive frontier
What are the characteristics of these companies fast replacing traditional businesses? As you know we like platform businesses, and proposed a generic definition in a previous post. Out of the list of...
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Scale up or die: a platform imperative
The Scale Up Report is out. It has been a privilege to work with Sherry Coutu as a member of the Scale Up Report Steering Committee. The launch of the report earlier on this week has been widely...
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Alibaba and its open (sesame!) ecosystem
I had the privilege to listen to Charles Li, CEO of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) at a recent conference in Singapore. He shared his views about China’s economic growth over the next few years...
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The Rocket Model for digital platforms
Launchworks has developed tools and frameworks to help innovative digital businesses scale up and reach critical mass while maximising the value they add to participating communities. To be successful,...
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Pricing for platform powered businesses
Pricing for platform companies like Uber, airbnb or eBay, where value is co-created by participants, comes with unique challenges. This short post compares and contrasts pricing models of platforms...
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Platform Pricing: Growth and Engagement
In a previous post, we set out the unique aspects of platform based pricing and identified six broader objectives that, in addition to monetisation, pricing strategies can contribute towards. Those...
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Platform Pricing: Loyalty and the Customer Experience
In a previous post, we set out some unique aspects of platform based pricing and identified six broader objectives that can be supported by pricing strategies. A subsequent post addressed the first...
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Launchworks Platform Model in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
Marketplaces are not new. Istanbul’s magnificent “Grand Bazaar” dates back to 1461. Today, the Grand Bazaar is a thriving complex, employing 26,000 people (more than twice the number of eBay...
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