Platform revolution
An inside look at the transformative potential of the platform business model shares comprehensive explanations of how platforms use technology to match producers and consumers while unlocking hidden resources and creating new forms of value.
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- * Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy. The book explains how to think of a platform systematically. It's valuable because it applies to everything else in life, any business, any industry - not just IT platforms. Based on the findings of 2 Nobel prize winners.
* Never Split the Difference. Don't even think about it - read it. The book is a life coaching chapter that everyone should learn.
* The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks. Everything is a network. From wars, to economy, to minorities, to terrorism. Understanding what truly lies behind the concept of "network" is just as well one of those life coaching chapters everyone should learn.
- Exactly, this is platform economics 101. If you missed this then read: Parker, G. G., Van Alstyne, M. W., & Choudary, S. P. (2016). Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You.
- Recently read and highly recommended: - Platform Revolution - The Economic Singularity - Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- The second part of your need is interesting. I'm being a bit generic but to speak with CEOs, it would greatly help to know about strategy and competition. It's a loaded term and here's what I would recommend:
1. Michael Porter's Competitive Advantage [0] or Understanding Michael Porter [1]
2. One of the things that really applies well to tech businesses has been Platform Business Model. This book [2] is a good starting point
3. The Lean startup [3] and Hacking Growth [4] round up the tech books that I have benefited from.
3b. Warren Buffet's letters are a classic to learn about businesses and help when you are dealing with CXOs.
4. With these basics in place, I would recommend Stratecherry - the blog and Economist for keeping up with the current developments in the field.
Good luck!
[0] https://www.amazon.com.au/Competitive-Advantage-Creating-Sus...
[1] https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Michael-Porter-Essen...
[2] https://www.amazon.com.au/Platform-Revolution-Networked-Tran...
[3] https://www.amazon.com.au/Lean-Startup-Innovation-Successful...
[4] https://www.amazon.com.au/Hacking-Growth-Fastest-Growing-Com...
FYI, I come from a similar background. Was a techie for 9+ years before switching to an MBA and can personally attest to the materials given above :)
- For most of their history, the tech companies were so focused on the challenges of fast growth that tending to what was on their platforms wasn’t as urgent, says Geoffrey Parker, a Dartmouth College professor of engineering and co-author of a book about the rise of such businesses called “Platform Revolution.”
“Now,” he says, “it’s exploding in their face.”
