Why the Platform Model is Broken
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How to build lean software, create more value through engineering and change your company culture foreverThere Will Be BloodA pandemic hit us hard a few years back. At that time, every startup was building the Airbnb for this or the Uber of that. The #technology industry was convinced that startups could only be worthwhile if they looked like a Platform; if they aspired to be the next Facebook.Off the back of the successes of juggernauts such as Airbnb, Uber, Amazon, Facebook, and eBay, our industry was shoehorning every business case into a Platform business model. It became the default. Unfortunately, this neurosis is still ingrained in our culture.If the description of your startup has the word “platform” in it, there’s a better description that doesn’t — Paul GrahamI used to hate it when (...)
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