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Network Effects and Marketplaces with @bgurley on @patrick_oshag

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On Building Successful Startups with @m2jr and @eriktorenberg

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Building an Enterprise Startup with @hnshah and @eriktorenberg

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@hnshah @eriktorenberg @wolfejosh @farnamstreet The Hierarchy of Engagement by @sarahtavel

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@hnshah @eriktorenberg @wolfejosh @farnamstreet @sarahtavel Venture Stories with @sriramk and @eriktorenberg

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@hnshah @eriktorenberg @wolfejosh @farnamstreet @sarahtavel @sriramk Stephen Schwarzman (founded @blackstone) with @ShaneAParrish on The Knowledge Project

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@hnshah @eriktorenberg @wolfejosh @farnamstreet @sarahtavel @sriramk @blackstone @ShaneAParrish All Things Marketplaces with @fabricegrinda and @eriktorenberg

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"people will do the work they like to do, and outsource the rest"
@hnshah @eriktorenberg @wolfejosh @farnamstreet @sarahtavel @sriramk @blackstone @ShaneAParrish @fabricegrinda "Creator should be able to build directly to the production implementation"

Webflow and the NoCode movement with @callmevlad and @YasminRazavi on @eriktorenberg's Venture Stories

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@hnshah @eriktorenberg @wolfejosh @farnamstreet @sarahtavel @sriramk @blackstone @ShaneAParrish @fabricegrinda @callmevlad @YasminRazavi "Take radical responsibility for everything in your life, including your emotions."

The Art of Great Management with @maccaw and @eriktorenberg

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@hnshah @eriktorenberg @wolfejosh @farnamstreet @sarahtavel @sriramk @blackstone @ShaneAParrish @fabricegrinda @callmevlad @YasminRazavi @maccaw "Worship your early adopters. They’ll take you to the highest of highs, they’ll show you the way, and they’ll help explain the product to friends."

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Gary Basin ❄️
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One like = one opinion on RICH PEOPLE
1/ A lot of rich people are assholes because… they can get away with it. When you have enough money, you don’t "have to" put up with social norms if you don’t want to
2/ Rich people that got it through work are good. They are inspirational.
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Gary Basin ❄️
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The hardest part about doing something new is figuring out how to communicate it in an accessible and impactful way
The fruits of innovation are held back by bad messaging, a bad brand.

This substantially impacts your day-to-day life.

Messages can be poorly constructed in many ways. As in War and Peace: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

1. Too complicated: introducing too many unfamiliar elements "eVTOL transportation network" vs "Flying rideshare"
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Gary Basin
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1/ Curiosity is a trait that I value and aspire to embody. And yet I rarely hear about how to do so
2/ First, what is it and why do I care? Curiosity feels like an urge to observe something in the world "as it is"
3/ Curiosity describes a process as it appears, rather than trying to draw conclusions or place labels, and maintains an open mind
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Benjamin George | Thinking & Learning
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𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 14 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 (𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀)

Network Effects account for approx. 70% of all value created in technology since 1994

Let’s learn more on them
In the digital age, there are four defensibilities left for businesses:

• Scale
• Brand
• Embedding
• Network Effects

Defensibility is paramount if you want your company to succeed

Network Effects is the number one factor for it
What are Network Effects? Here is the definition:

𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴

There are many kinds of Network Effects
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A thread about how #startups and #founder approaches to the startup phase profoundly impact their ultimate success and whether #coaches or #mentors help or hinder👇👇👇
Like ageing philosophers, new #founders often seek coaches and mentors because they want certainty.

Yet uncertainty is often the best friend of a #startup and tapping successful yet 'old ways' of (say) marketing, holds you back from discovering your own success metrics...
In seeking certainty, #entrepreneurs are looking for tried & trusted formulas so therefore they don't build the muscle to test & experiment their way to success.

As a coach I sometimes hear this as 'can't you just tell me!'

Which translates as; 'I just want the silver bullet'
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modest proposal
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Not surprisingly, this was so so good. Master class on network effects and marketplaces with tons of specific examples and insights.
"do unscalable things to build a network"

"liquidity quality matters more than liquidity breadth"

"marketplaces built around monogamy e.g. doctors, haircutters, babysitters much harder to scale than marketplaces built around promiscuity e.g. restaurants"
"Have come to be skeptical of supplier acquisition as differentiator in marketplaces. Demand is the game"

"Fragmented supply, high frequency, SMB suppliers, young businesses are characteristics of wildly successful investments"
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Ryan Caldbeck
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1/ The concept of a Holding Company in CPG to be the @ProcterGamble for the 21st Century is the worst kept secret idea over the past 24 months.

Kind of a lot of people are trying to build this.
2/ I personally get pitched on it 5x-10x a month. And those are only the emails/calls I respond to. Here is why people are excited about it and the challenges they are discovering to date.

TLDR: I’m bullish on the concept but lots of kinks to be worked out.
3/ The basic idea being kicked around is to acquire (or start) many different consumer brands under one Holding Company. Likely then have some shared “back office” (**murky alert**). Shared marketing/finance/sales as an example.
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@firstround publishes a yearly #startups survey and the results are in - hugely useful data for all founders of all genders. But we have some thoughts when you look a little closer... stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/
1. Only 17% of respondents were women, and results are not broken up by gender. So it calls into question finding #1, that most founders believe AGE is the #1 investor bias in tech.
1a. Obviously, if 83% of respondents are men, and never personally experience gender bias, this finding is massively biased itself.
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Sameer Sankhe
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1/ #Design your audience:

1. Curate the initial community with the right audience
2. They, in turn, create the right feedback loop
3. Don't ignore the designing of the community

#startups #designthinking #productdesign bit.ly/2tBK3FR
2/ #Design your audience:

E.g. @dribbble allows only community-nominated 'prospects' (bit.ly/2yRH4OI) to content. This ensures the best and relevant content

#startups #designthinking #productdesign bit.ly/2tBK3FR
3/ #Design your audience:

I would go a step beyond. For optimized network effects of a consumer #productdesign, you need to design the dynamics of consumer interactions.

#startups #productdesign bit.ly/2tBK3FR
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