8 min read – Companies need to put metrics in the right context for them to be useful. Experiment Velocity has become a popular way of measuring innovation, but as with other Vanity Metrics it can be gamed. How can a company measure progress without it?
Digital Strategy and Trends π
15 min read – Software development has the magical properties of value retention and infinite reproduction. That is, money is invested upfront in R+D, whilst later commercialisation happens at a zero marginal cost. An analysis on the case of Amazon Go
10 min read – Dating clubs or online travel websites are examples of multi-sided markets where firms aim to connect suppliers and consumers on the same platform. Andrei Hagiu, Professor at MIT, discusses this new field of business research [via Harvard Business School]
50 min read – Reid Hoffman interviews Sam Altman, Y Combinator’s President and founder of the first company funded by this famous Venture Capital group [via Masters of Scale Podcast]
A Strategic Analysis of Amazon Go
February 4th Β· Issue #5
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