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Helium users operate hotspots from their homes and businesses and are rewarded with HNT, the native token of the Helium network.
Today, some of the most valuable corporations in the world today are “network operators”. Thanks to network effects, these platforms become more valuable to existing users as each new user joins. Network effects are innocuous at first, but can cause …
The Talent x Opportunity Fund (TxO) is designed for entrepreneurs who have the talent, drive, and ideas to build great businesses but lack the typical background and resources to do so. In addition to seed capital, we will provide these potentially great entrepreneurs with the knowledge and the netw...
The principal innovation of crypto networks is their ability to grow network effects by enabling users to share in the value they create.
How did Bill.com, a decidedly unsexy, 13-year-old product, become the dark horse success story of 2019? Network-driven distribution.
The next big social network, ecommerce empire, movie franchise, and super app? Games will lead the way.
If history repeats itself, the next social network won’t look like the social networks we know today. Since the invention of the Internet, there have been places to meet new people who share our in…
Many of the most consequential projects of the internet era -- from Wikipedia to Facebook and bitcoin -- have all been predicated on network effects, where the network becomes more valuable to user…
Data has long been lauded as a competitive moat for companies, and that narrative’s been further hyped with the recent wave of AI startups. Network effects have been similarly promoted as a defensi…
Network effects are one of the most important dynamics in software and marketplace businesses. But they’re often spoken of in a binary way: either you have them, or you don’t. In practice, most com…
Network effects are one of the most important dynamics in software and marketplace businesses. But they’re often spoken of in a binary way: either you have them, or you don’t. In practice, most com…
Power users drive some of the most successful companies -- people who love their product, are highly engaged, and contribute a ton of value to the network. In ecommerce marketplaces it’s power sell…
"The rules of the game are different in tech," argues -- and has long argued, despite his views not being accepted at first -- W. Brian Arthur, technologist-turned-economist who first truly describ…
Network effects. It’s one of the most important concepts for business in general and especially for tech businesses, as it’s the key dynamic behind many successful software-based companies. Underst…
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