Frameworks & Flywheels

Ep 12: Amazon vs Shopify


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In this episode, we discuss the differences between the Amazon and Shopify models, how the former takes power away from sellers while the latter empowers them, and both still lead to very large outcomes. We also talk about the difference between the founders of the two companies and how that reflects in the strategy that their respective companies follow (as well as the culture in said companies).

We round things out with what we're reading this week. Discussed in this episode:

  • Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure by Stephen Wolfram
  • Patrick Collison's Bookshelf
  • Stevey's Google Platforms Rant
  • How I Work - Interviews with famously productive people on Lifehacker
  • ...more
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