EP045: David Evans & The New Economics of Multisided Platforms
An episode of the Commanding Business podcast, hosted by Tim Hamilton, titled "EP045: David Evans & The New Economics of Multisided Platforms" was published on September 21, 2016 and runs 48 minutes.
September 21, 2016 ·48m · Commanding Business
Episode Description
Tim's guest, David Evans, is one of the world's leading authorities on multisided platform-based businesses. Many of the most dynamic public companies, from Alibaba to Facebook to Visa, and the most valuable start-ups, such as Airbnb and Uber, are matchmakers that connect one group of customers with another group of customers. Don't let the flashy successes fool you, though. Starting a matchmaker is one of the toughest business challenges, and almost everyone who tries to build one, fails. In today's episode, David Evans explains how matchmakers work best in practice, why they do what they do, and how entrepreneurs can...
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