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1 min readJan 10, 2016

APIs and Platforms: How interfaces and access enable the networked economy - Platform Thinking Blog

This article was co-authored with Manfred Bortenschlager , API Market Development Director at 3scale . Much has been…

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A new conceptual model for business ecosystem visualization and analysis

Luiz Felipe Hupsel VazI, * ; Antonio Roberto Ramos NogueiraII; Marco Aurélio de Souza RodriguesIII; Paula Castro Pires…

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

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Three Elements of a Successful Platform Strategy

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Written by Chris Smith

Passionate about philosophy, high leverage tech, automation, salsa dancing, and good chocolate. @Tray & formerly at JunoVR, Segment, and National Instruments.

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Feb 12, 2019

Chris — I’ve been combing through some of your stories today, really good stuff 🙏. This article in particular made me want to reach out to you. I used to bookmark content the same way you have herein — essentially creating a blog post as a scrapbook of the good content I wanted to retain. You should check out Annotote as a more frictionless…

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