Liberty Posted April 9, 2017 Posted April 9, 2017 https://www.amazon.com/Matchmakers-New-Economics-Multisided-Platforms/dp/1633691721 Interesting book about multi-sided platforms (Visa, Google, AirBNB, Uber, Facebook, OpenTable, nightclubs.. that kind of stuff). While the topic is very interesting and the book does a good job of explaining the main insights about it, it does feel a bit like a 20-page paper that was stretched to book-lenght, so it gets redundant. I still think it's worth getting if the topic interests you, but maybe read until it gets too redundant and then skim the rest. That's what I did.
DooDiligence Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 On 4/9/2017 at 7:27 PM, Liberty said: https://www.amazon.com/Matchmakers-New-Economics-Multisided-Platforms/dp/1633691721 Interesting book about multi-sided platforms (Visa, Google, AirBNB, Uber, Facebook, OpenTable, nightclubs.. that kind of stuff). While the topic is very interesting and the book does a good job of explaining the main insights about it, it does feel a bit like a 20-page paper that was stretched to book-lenght, so it gets redundant. I still think it's worth getting if the topic interests you, but maybe read until it gets too redundant and then skim the rest. That's what I did. Did you take notes? (sounds interesting but my book pile is friggin stratospheric...)
Liberty Posted April 10, 2017 Author Posted April 10, 2017 On 4/10/2017 at 11:46 AM, DooDiligence said: Quote https://www.amazon.com/Matchmakers-New-Economics-Multisided-Platforms/dp/1633691721 Interesting book about multi-sided platforms (Visa, Google, AirBNB, Uber, Facebook, OpenTable, nightclubs.. that kind of stuff). While the topic is very interesting and the book does a good job of explaining the main insights about it, it does feel a bit like a 20-page paper that was stretched to book-lenght, so it gets redundant. I still think it's worth getting if the topic interests you, but maybe read until it gets too redundant and then skim the rest. That's what I did. Did you take notes? (sounds interesting but my book pile is friggin stratospheric...) I posted excerpts I found interesting on my Twitter, if you feel like digging those up.
DooDiligence Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 On 4/10/2017 at 3:15 PM, Liberty said: Quote Quote https://www.amazon.com/Matchmakers-New-Economics-Multisided-Platforms/dp/1633691721 Interesting book about multi-sided platforms (Visa, Google, AirBNB, Uber, Facebook, OpenTable, nightclubs.. that kind of stuff). While the topic is very interesting and the book does a good job of explaining the main insights about it, it does feel a bit like a 20-page paper that was stretched to book-lenght, so it gets redundant. I still think it's worth getting if the topic interests you, but maybe read until it gets too redundant and then skim the rest. That's what I did. Thanks... Did you take notes? (sounds interesting but my book pile is friggin stratospheric...) I posted excerpts I found interesting on my Twitter, if you feel like digging those up.
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