Platform Design
Lending Marketplace Landscape: The Startups Changing Small Business Lending
Fintech investment has seen a rapid rise in the last 5 years. Funding has roughly doubled in that time, with the median post-money valuation growing by 51% Platform business models have been driving this growth. Platforms have long dominated some…
What is Platform Design? – Enterprise Venture Building Essentials
If you’re looking for the most viable business model the next decade and beyond, and it’s the platform model. Historically, these platform businesses have been created by venture backed startups or dominant tech companies. But that’s quickly changing as large…
“Fake It ’Till You Make It” to Succeed With a Marketplace Platform
In the earliest stages, marketplace platforms face a fundamental problem: How do you gain enough supply to satisfy demand? And how do you generate enough demand to make participation worthwhile for suppliers? This is the essence of the chicken-and-egg problem….
Top 3 Marketplace Strategies for Traditional Retailers
Traditional retailers are waking up to marketplaces. In the past couple of years, Urban Outfitters, Office Depot, Footlocker, and Target have launched, bought, or invested in marketplaces. As retailers embrace marketplaces, a wide variety of marketplace strategies are emerging. As…
Forget the iPhone, Here’s How Apple Will Increase Mac Sales
Apple has an ambitious goal that will make it easier for app developers to build apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and thereby increase its own revenue by 2021. The project, named “Marizpan,” will make it possible for coders to…
[Guest Blog] What is the Difference Between Dropship and Marketplace?
Written by Adrien Nussenbaum At Mirakl, we get asked all the time: “what is the difference between dropship and marketplace?” Because the terms are often used interchangeably, there is an incredible amount of confusion about the important distinctions between dropship and…
Gamifying Supply: How Platforms Attract and Retain Suppliers
When talking about a platform business’s growth, headlines tend to focus on customer growth. How many new subscribers signed up for Amazon Prime? How many apps did users download from Android’s Play Store? Less media attention is given to the…