The COVID-19 pandemic has been testing times for our economies. Many leaders have announced their intention to make their businesses more resilient. But how? In this article, we examine the...
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Every year, the Launchworks & Co team attends the IDE Platform Strategy Summit at the MIT Media Labs in Boston. The event is organised by renowned platform academics Marshall Van...
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Kicking off Marketplaces Connect 2018 at Rise London in Shoreditch, Laure Claire Reillier, Author of Platform Strategy and Co-Founder/COO of Launchworks & Co, described seven principles...
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Here are the highlights from Marketplaces Connect 2017. For more detailed insights, check panel discussions on Growth and Trust from leading platforms Carwow, Plentific, Movidian and...
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Marketplace leader Daniel Callaghan (CEO Talmix), marketplace laywer Charlotte Pham (Technology Lawyer, Berwin Leighton Paisner) and trust expert Edward Ungar (Chief Commercial Officer,...
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In the first post of this pricing series, we set out some unique aspects of platform based pricing and identified six broader objectives that can be supported by pricing strategies. The...
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In the first post of this pricing series, we set out the unique aspects of platform based pricing and identified six broader objectives that, in addition to monetisation, pricing strategies...
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Pricing for platform companies like Uber, airbnb or eBay, where value is co-created by participants, comes with unique challenges. This short post compares and contrasts pricing models of...
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I had the privilege to listen to Charles Li, CEO of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) at a recent conference in Singapore. He shared his views about China’s economic growth over the...
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What are the characteristics of these companies fast replacing traditional businesses? As you know we like platform businesses, and proposed a generic definition in a previous post. Out...
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