Billion-dollar platforms – how they did it
I was asked recently whether platforms will conquer the world. My view? They already have. In this article I share how they’ve done it, and how you can successfully bring your own platform to market.
Tag: marketplace
PRODUCTHEAD: Will platforms conquer the world?
» In solving their own internal scaling problem, Amazon inadvertently created the building blocks for the AWS platform
» Stripe’s founders didn’t shy away from tackling an unattractively difficult problem
» Platforms connect different sides of a market, even if they have dramatically different needs and capabilities
» Twilio’s founder prioritised the developers who’d implement his API, not the managers who’d pay for it
