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The First Rule of Platforms
Thoughts on first-mover advantage.
Tag: Strategy
Thoughts on ways to build a better mousetrap and outsmart your competition.
Platforms
Yahoo's Platform Problem
Unlike the Gang of Four, zero innovation comes from the outside.
Platforms
The New Microsoft: A Plank in Other Platforms
New CEO Nadella's new moves clearly underscore the arrival of the age of platform.
Platforms
How Developers Are Using New Platforms to Innovate
In the Age of the Platform, the fundamental question around innovation changes.
Analytics
Building a Platform: Big Data Considerations
Organizations that embrace data and analysis will do far better than those that don't.
Big Data
How Platforms Lead to Big Data
The most successful companies today realize that data is critical to their success.
Platforms
Understanding Contemporary Platforms
How they differ from traditional technology marketplaces like eBay or Craigslist.
Platforms
Proprietary APIs: A New Tool in the Age of the Platform
A new arrow in the quiver.
Platforms
On Microsoft, Android, and Platform Thinking
Cats and dogs living with each other.
Platforms
How Platform Thinking Can Improve Healthcare
Healthcare is ripe for the very type of disruption that platforms can effect.
Platforms
2014: Year of the Platform Revolution?
Is this the year that every company embraces platform thinking?
Platforms
Evernote's Platform Struggles
As the company is learning, building a platform is much easier said than done.
Platforms
Mobile Security: Necessary but Insufficient
Manufacturers that want to move phones have to emphasize more than safety.
Platforms
Inside Amazon: AWS, APIs, and Platform Thinking
A fascinating window into one of the company's strongest, most innovative, and most profitable planks.
Big Data
Amazon and the Importance of a Data Culture
Success at the company has always stemmed from its use of data.
Platforms
Thoughts on Ballmer, the Consumerization of IT, and Platforms
Complaining seems to be a tell-tale sign that you're facing irrelevance.
Platforms
Frenemies and the Age of the Platform
In my first Ignite talk, I stress the importance of getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Platforms
Amazon and Frenemies
What does Amazon do and why does the company do it? Watch and find out.