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# IdeaMensch Interview
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/ideamensch-interview/
- Published: 2012-04-18T21:09:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-30T03:01:49.000Z
- Description: I'm honored to be interviewed by a site with such a distinguished roster of guests.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Platforms, The Age of the Platform

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 T*he 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.

To read the whole interview, click [here](https://ideamensch.com/phil-simon/?ref=philsimon.com).