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Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms - David S. Evans


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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.

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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...)

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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.

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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.

 

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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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