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Jul 8, 2021 15 tweets 4 min read Read on X
A thread on the snippets (paragraphs & quotes) from the book ‘Modern Monopolies: What it Takes to Dominate the 21st-Century Economy’

This thread will be updated as I read further & further.
1/ The burning platform.
2/ Why did Nokia fail?
3/ ‘Sixty years ago, The average lifespan of a company in the S&P 500 was over 50 years. Today it’s less than 15. This upheaval creates tremendous peril for existing businesses, but it also creates enormous opportunities.”
4/ ‘What is the platform business? A business that connects two or more mutually dependent groups in a way that benefits all sides.

Think of how eBay connected buyers and sellers or how iOS and android connected consumers & developers.’
5/ Why did RIM (parent company of BlackBerry) die?
6/ Android enters.
7/ The original Platform.
8/ The risks and the opportunities.
9/ ‘Just about every startup these days claim that it’s building a platform. As a tactic to get funding or attention, this trick seems to meet with relative success. But very few of these businesses actually understand the model they are trying to emulate.’
10/ Not really a ‘Platform’
11/ Why did GitHub succeed?
12/ Platform types.
13/ Difference b/w an Uber & an Airbnb
14/ Encyclopaedia Industry.

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The business model of PDS 👕👖

They play the role of the Orchestrator: A platform that connects to & finds synergies among 1000s of local networks across the world to create collective value for the network & its stakeholders

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There's this perception that IDFC First Bank has only one leader, Mr. V Vaidyanathan

Let me put rest to this mistaken opinion.

A thread 🧵👇
1/ Madhivanan Balakrishnan, COO

MSMEs need to be connected to digital entrepreneurs

Using E-marketplace, GEMS, & GST, bankers are augmenting the underwriting with these

70-75% of the retail lending 100% digital: 4-4.5 lk loans/month (digitally)

OCEN 🚀
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A Regulated Monopoly Lender with zero NPAs & growing faster than HDFC & ICICI Banks

I authored this on Dec 2021 when the stock was barely talked about, posting it today to improve my engagement numbers on Twitter ✨

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1/ History.

IRFC was established in 1986 as a dedicated market borrowing arm of the Indian Railways, registered with the RBI as an NBFC (Systematically Important)

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Zoom Out. This is just a minor blip in this cycle

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Very Interesting!
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They are also planning to launch 6000 crores worth of projects in the next 18 months

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