Bill.com – Do network features mean network effects?
Is business-to-business (B2B) payments platform Bill.com competing successfully with network effects?
Network Effects
Rent the Runway – Value creation through fractional ownership
Exploration of whether RTR can continue to capture value amidst new competition.
Goodreads: What are your friends reading?
Goodreads entered a market full of incumbents as varied as local libraries, Amazon reviews, and conversations between friends, and used network effects to create value for users, authors, Amazon, and more.
Redfin: The more users, the more roofs over people’s heads
This innovative real estate company harnesses network effects so effectively, even the competition can’t resist
Calling All Babysitters & Nannies
Care.com is a two-sided marketplace that matches caregivers to people seeking care. Think babysitters, nannies and more. They have managed to become the world’s largest online care destination servicing 9.5 million members in 16 countries. How they scaled When Care.com […]
Nextdoor to Replace Yelp?
Nextdoor is creating virtual neighborhood communities with lucrative demonetization opportunities.
CarMax – The way network effects should be
CarMax’s business model creates network effects and it’s market leader position strengthen these network effects.
Adtech and network effect
We're in the middle of the adtech race and a winner picking up the network effects is still not visible
Team Fortress 2 by Valve Software: From Product to Platform
How Valve's value creation keeps people playing this game years after its release.
Two-Sided Network Effects for a Food-Tech Marketplace
CaterCow is a food-tech startup that helps match caterers and restaurants with office managers and other customers looking to order food for meetings or events. As is typical in a two-sided market, there are both challenges to gaining traction and […]