This week’s podcast is about network effects. And I argue they are actually three effects at the same time. Plus some stuff about So-Young's marketplace for services.

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The 3-4 types of effects with network effects are:

• Competitive Advantage
• Barrier to Entry
• Other Competitive Advantages such as switching costs.
• Flywheel

Here is the article I mentioned:

• 16 Ways to Measure Network Effects

Related podcasts and articles are:

• 7 Reasons Digital Platforms Fail (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Daily Lesson / Update)

From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:

• B2B Customer View: Necessary, Strategic vs. Critical
• Platforms: Marketplaces for Products and Services
• Network Effects

From the Company Library, companies for this article are:

• So-Young International

This is part of Learning Goals: Level 7, with a focus on:

• 35: Competitive Advantage and Digital Competition

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