Deliv still short of viable business model.
Deliv addressed many of the challenges of crowdshipping but will likely struggle proving its business model in the face of the tough economics of same-day delivery.
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IBETCHA Want Network Effects
Hobby games are booming and they're making the jump online in search of network effects.
Handy: Turning Product Into Platform
Busy “yuppies” with messy apartments used to be stuck with two unappealing options: either go for an expensive cleaning firm that often caters to commercially managed buildings or the gray market where immigrants with questionable legal statuses work for below […]
Shut out: Can Meerkat win the mobile live streaming war?
In March, techies (myself included: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/why-meerkat-is-going-to-make-it/) went wild over a new kind of live streaming. A startup called Meerkat launched a mobile app that let users broadcast high quality live video to the world straight from their phones, using Twitter […]
Textbook Network Effects: How Instagram Achieved Instagrowth
Instagram is the textbook example of how a business initially attracts users in the absence of network effects and quickly grows by leveraging those network effects.
eBay – The Perfect Store(y) of network effects
A few thoughts on why eBay is a great example of how a business grew through indirect network effects
Zuckerberg’s Big Bet on a New Set of Network Benefits
Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR is all about indirect network benefits.
Rue La La is declining in ooh la la
Rue La La may come to rue the day it decided the novelty of flash sale sites was enough to create and capture value.
Linux won the servers, but dead on desktop
Linux is present in very different markets where it has had vastly different results. What explains those differences?
SmackHigh: A social media platform fighting teen bullying
SmackHigh aims to build inter-school community through friendly smack talk and shared experiences in a safe online space