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1/ Wrote a post about how when you're chasing network effects, hidden networks are hidden advantages.

You get to start the race before anyone knows it's happening.

Does your company have a hidden network?

The four types of hidden networks👇
2/ Slow Networks usually have long product loops or an infrequent cadence. It takes years for the network effects to show, but when they do they're 💯
3/ Unfinished Networks are missing a critical part of the network. They don't have network effects ... until the company completes the loop. Then all of sudden they have very powerful network effects 💪
4/ Throttled Networks are complete but kept small, either intentionally or unintentionally. Their network effects look pretty weak ... until the network is allowed to spread it's wings 🦇
5/ Latent networks are networks built before the product/service that catalyzes them. Think of this as 'come for the network, stay for the tool'. Once the tool is built the network effects are 🤯
6/ More detail and examples in the post:

a16z.com/2019/07/29/hid…
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