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IdeaMensch Interview

I'm honored to be interviewed by a site with such a distinguished roster of guests.
Apr | 18 | 2012

Apr | 18 | 2012
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I’m honored to give an interview to a site with such a distinguished roster of guests. Here’s an excerpt:

What are you working on right now?

I’m doing promotional work for my fourth book, The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business, as well as some speaking gigs. I’m also in the midst of publishing two books through my publishing company and designing a few websites for clients.

Where did the idea for The Age of the Platform come from?

I thought about how four companies have not only been enormously successful, but how they’ve essentially created a new business model. Plus, as I’ve discovered over the last three years, I’ve built my own platform by launching different planks, as I call them in the book.

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