Map My Money: How MapMyFitness Became a $150 Million Platform
How MapMyFitness mastered the art of direct and indirect network effects
Network Effects
Reddit: When bigger isn’t necessarily better
Reddit has dominated as the result of strong network effects, which also may predict its downfall
StubHub: The Ticket Scalper of the Digital Age
The indirect network effects present in StubHub's operating model have allowed it to create value to buyers, sellers, and ticket originators.
AMAZON KINDLE IS KING OF NETWORK EFFECTS
Amazon brings together readers, publishers, authors, and advertisers in a platform/environment that creates mutual value for all stakeholders and allows Amazon to capture value for itself.
PlayStation: Mobilizing its way to Success
PlayStation leverages a strong mobilization strategy to quickly capture network effects against Xbox
Craigslist: The dawn of the pioneer in network effects?
Craigslist has been offering a low quality service for twenty years, though it has huge network effects. It is now losing its dominance to smaller niche players. It was about time.
Easy Taxi: “Disrupting minimizing the disruption”
Easy Taxi has grow successfully in emerging countries, primarily in Latin America. They have created a disrupted business model that adapts to local reality
Tinder: The dark side of network effects
With the proliferation of the internet and smartphones, we live in a world of unlimited options, including those related to romantic possibilities. Due to network effects, there is a new source of value creation and capture in the dating world. But are network effects always positive?
Yoga Panda – introducing network effects to the yoga industry
Yoga Panda, though a small, Seattle-based start-up, has introduced network effects into the yoga industry.
Strava: Social Fitness Veteran
Strava builds an incredibly loyal and growing community of competitive “everyday cyclists” who are increasingly obsessed with the digital leaderboard.