Google Maps Doubles Down on Network Effects to Stave Off Formidable Competition
Google Maps has evolved into a platform boasting powerful direct and indirect network effects.
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Hearthstone: Heroes of Online Gaming Platform
As a blockbuster mobile game, Hearthstone is the poster-child of Blizzard Entertainment’s evolving business model in the digital age
Poshmark: A Social Media Platform for Fashionable Resellers and Buyers
Poshmark, a fashion resale platform, utilizes well-known social media tools to promote strong network effects.
Go-Jek: Lovechild between TaskRabbit and Uber
This picture taken on January 20, 2015 shows a gridlock in Jakarta’s main road. Jakarta has just won the distinction of having the worlds worst traffic, according to a recent index. (BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) Jakarta was chosen as the city with […]
Etsy: Handmade Success
Etsy continues to craft its own way to the top
Can a platform, once lost, regain its power?
rise and fall of a mobile application market in South Korea
Grubhub/Seamless – A Platform for Hungry Diners and Restaurants Hungry for Business
Grubhub and Seamless have transformed the take-out and delivery markets across major metropolitan areas, creating a massive and highly profitable two-sided platform, linking hungry diners with independent restaurants. Though combined as of 2013, both businesses successfully executed the build-out of […]
Is Tapjoy Finding the Key to Mobile App Monetization?
Tapjoy, founded in 2007, operates a mobile advertising and intelligence platform that connects app publishers (such as mobile game developers) with both advertisers and users. App publishers that integrate Tapjoy’s advertising solution into their apps have access to a comprehensive […]
WeChat – The One App That Rules Them All
Introduced as a messaging app in 2011 by Tencent, WeChat has evolved into lifestyle platform for users in China. With ~850 million monthly active users, it now offers to its users what Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, Venmo, Grubhub, Amazon, Uber, Apple Pay, etc. together offer in the West. The blog discusses how WeChat has used the strong network effects to emerge as the one app that rules them all.
DraftKings – Making Fantasy Sports a Daily Activity
DraftKings is the market leader in the DFS arena because of their product breadth and their user interface and experience.