Big Data
The City as a Platform
The "everything as a platform" mind-set continues.
Tag: Strategy
Thoughts on ways to build a better mousetrap and outsmart your competition.
Platforms
Digg and Other People's Platforms (OPPs)
Your platform may very well determine your startup’s success—so why not build your own?
Platforms
The Gradually Closing Platform Strategy
Facebook and Twitter keep on closing their platforms. This is no accident.
Platforms
On Stocktwits and Frenemies
Twitter goes from friend to enemy in an instant. The platform giveth and the platform taketh away.
Platforms
A Platform for Micro-Businesses
In my latest HuffPo piece, I talk to the CEO of SohoOS about his vision for very small companies.
Platforms
Amazon: Under the Radar?
How one of the world's biggest companies quietly churns along.
Platforms
On Microsoft and Marissa Mayer's Challenge
Why Mayer's turnaround is nothing like Microsoft's Internet challenge in 1995.
Platforms
Last to Cool
What can your company learn from Microsoft? Quite a bit, actually.
Big Data
Data Is Not a Platform
Data is not the endgame.
Platforms
Zynga and Cross-Platform Pollination
Understanding the gaming company's moves to reduce its reliance upon Facebook.
Platforms
How the Yammer Deal Benefits JIVE
Understanding Microsoft's latest acquisition in the context of a "more social" business.
Platforms
A New Kind of Social Network
In my latest HuffPo piece, I look at The Experience Project.
Platforms
Platforms, Microsoft, and Two-Sided Markets
Understanding the virtuous cycle of platforms.
Strategy
The USPS as a Platform
Should it become a platform or a plank in a larger one?
Platforms
The Postal Service as a Platform?
Are we confusing planks and platforms?
Platforms
On Platforms and Stickiness
In my latest HuffPo piece, I look at the evolution of Google and how it's become a platform.
Platforms
Platforms and Scale
Some great platform-building lessons from Amazon.
Platforms
The Platform Wars Continue
It should be no surprise that Zuckerberg and Page have taken such stances.