Digital platforms and their ecosystems are on course to intermediate a third of all revenues by 2025, disrupting major industries along the way. So what does this mean for existing...
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Platform businesses create value in very different ways from traditional linear businesses. They do so by attracting two or more groups of participants, in order to match them so that they...
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Building a successful marketplace business is notoriously difficult. Marketplaces Connect 2018 provided a chance to hear reports from the front line, and hear the stories of some of the...
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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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Any entrepreneur will tell you that access to capital is critical to build, launch and grow a business. Capital can come from many sources: profitable and cash flow neutral customers,...
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Digital platforms, like Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, are now amongst the largest and most powerful companies on earth. Their success has been primarily driven by their...
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Carwow is the highly disruptive platform for buying and selling new and used cars. Starting out in 2013, Carwow has grown to 200 employees, making it Europe’s 6th fastest growing...
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Peter Domican runs The Knowledge, a Levitt Group podcast from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Every other month, Peter talks to authors on strategic topics relevant to senior...
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2017: A Platform Strategy year... It's has been an incredible year for Launchworks & Co. We've been fortunate to help existing and new clients unlock the power of communities and...
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Marketplaces are not new. Istanbul’s magnificent “Grand Bazaar” dates back to 1461. Today, the Grand Bazaar is a thriving complex, employing 26,000 people (more than twice the...
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