Managing Startups
platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
A startup-focused blog that collects advice on product management, marketing, business development, and platform and network-effect business models.
What HN saysCommenters link it for its yearly best-post compilations, its analysis of platform network effects, and its advice on pitching to investors.
16HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
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12 years agolast shared
2009people per year2026
Most-shared posts
- 1Best advice on product management, marketing, & biz dev for lean startups2 people · 76 points · first shared 2011 · 8 comments on HN
- 2Managing Startups: Best Posts of 20112 people · 16 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 3Business model analysis: Platforms and Network Effects2 people · 14 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 4My compilation of the Web's best advice for entrepreneurs2 people · 4 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 5Managing Startups: Best Posts of 20121 people · 10 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 6Startup Management 1011 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 7Managing startups: Best posts of 20121 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 8Business Model Analysis, Part 3: Switching Costs1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 9Launching Tech Ventures: Part I, Course Overview1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 10Best Startup Posts of 20121 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 11Platforms and Networks: Managing Startups: Best Posts of 20121 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 12Google and Open Systems1 people · 1 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 13Platforms and Networks: Business Model Analysis, Part 5: Virality1 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 14Best Startup Posts of 20121 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup1 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
Killah911 · 2014-08-01
I guess this is the article that's really of interest:
http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com/2014/01/managing-startups-bes…
Although the Spotify article is particularly interesting to me
DanielRibeiro · 2011-08-12
Well, that is understandable due the network effects business model[1]: a platform must be proprietary—controlled by a single company—for its provider to capture value created through network growth
Of course, there is the alternative: sharing the market than conducting an expensive winner-take-all battle, but as the current market leader, it surely wasn't in Facebook's intereset.
[1] http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com/2011/07/business-model-analys…
phil_KartMe · 2010-03-24
Ugh. Yes, 10-20-30 is what most VCs ask for. However, it's not what works in a first meeting. You can't demo a product and sell a dream with 10/20/30.
http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com/2009/12/pitching.html
http://www.kartme.com/blog/pitching-without-powerpoint-8-tips-first-me…