Advice to Startups: Stop Using the Word ‘Platform.’ Please.
Why simplicity and questions are far better stratagems.
Category: Platforms
The Data Wars Revisited
Companies are increasingly using data as swords and shields.
The First Rule of Platforms
Thoughts on first-mover advantage.
Marketplaces Are Not Platforms
Branding alone doesn’t make it so.
Yahoo’s Platform Problem
Unlike the Gang of Four, zero innovation comes from the outside.
Why People Need Banking, Not Banks
Thoughts on Apple and the On-Demand Economy
The New Microsoft: A Plank in Other Platforms
New CEO Nadella’s new moves clearly underscore the arrival of the age of platform.
How Developers Are Using New Platforms to Innovate
In the Age of the Platform, the fundamental question around innovation changes.
Where Platforms and Big Data Collide
Looking at two of the most important concepts in business today.
Building a Platform: Big Data Considerations
Organizations that embrace data and analysis will do far better than those that don’t.
My New Book
Analytics: The Agile Way—my eighth book—is out.
Featured Talk: How to Create a Culture of Analytics
A 50-minute talk about Big Data and what we can learn from Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
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