All EssaysNetwork Effects
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A Founder’s Guide To Taking Advice
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What Makes Data Valuable: The Truth About Data Network Effects
Data is not inherently valuable. Most data doesn’t produce a real data network effect, and most data network effects aren’t that powerful even once established. Data strategy, in terms of value creation, is overrated. It can be powerful, but it’s typically not.
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Your Life is Driven by Network Effects
What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear.We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in our lives — are more constrained than we think. The unseen hand in all them is the networks that surround us and the powerful math they exert on us.
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The 14th Network Effect: Expertise
Today we’re sharing the 14th type of network effect: expertise nfx.
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NFX Podcast: Why Top Founders Understand Network Effects with Scott Cook, Founder of Intuit
A discussion between Intuit Founder Scott Cook and NFX Managing Partner James Currier about the power of network effects.
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NFX Podcast: Lyft vs. Uber and the Battle for Ridesharing Dominance
NFX Managing Partners Pete Flint and James Currier discuss Lyft’s upcoming IPO, the defensibility of the ridesharing business model, and what Lyft should do next.
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The NFX Archives: Foundations for Mastering Network Effects
Foundational reading for mastering how network effects work. Papers, articles, and books that have proved invaluable for building strong, highly defensible companies.
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Reinforcement: The Hidden Key to Building Iconic Tech Companies
Every iconic company to come out of Silicon Valley in the last 25 years has done the same three things: product-market fit, rapid growth, and reinforcement.
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The Network Effects Bible
Network effects have been responsible for 70% of all the value created in technology since 1994. Founders who deeply understand how they work will be better positioned to build category-defining companies.
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Network Effects Predict the Future of Facebook
Facebook stands alone in the depth and variety of network effects they’ve built, even though most go undetected. As a result, their defensibility is unparalleled.
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The NFX of Trulia: Building a $3.5 Billion Marketplace
Almost every marketplace will face similar problems in one form or another, but I believe our solutions at Trulia were uniquely effective. By sharing our story, I hope to cut through the of vague (and bad) advice out there with a detailed account of how we built a multi-billion dollar, category leading marketplace in under 10 years; a story which, I hope, Founders will find both interesting and useful.
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The Network Effects Manual: 13 Different Network Effects (and counting)
The 13 Network Effects & How They Actually Work
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The Intentional Network Effects of Uber
A look at why Uber’s core network effect is weak, how it makes them vulnerable, and what they can do about it.
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70 Percent of Value in Tech is Driven by Network Effects
We wanted to put an actual number on the amount of value network effects have created in the digital world. The short answer: over the past 23 years network effects have accounted for approximately 70% of the value creation in tech.
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An Epiphany about Network Effects
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The Next 10 Years Will Be About “Market Networks”
Market-networks will produce a new class of unicorn companies and impact how millions of service professionals will work and earn their living.
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Defensibility Adds the Most Value for Founders
A discussion of the four remaining defensibilities of the digital age: scale, brand, embedding, and network effects.
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Where to Invest in Network Effects
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Network Effects Are Not Dead, They Are Alive and Thriving
More than ever, we believe getting network effects are critical to building value in startups. I believe this will be true for the rest of my lifetime.