Tag Archives for ecosystems

On Groupon

Good analysis of what’s going wrong over there. Fits nicely with what I wrote in October of last year. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

04. June 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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On Daily Deals

Instead of lending rise to an ecosystem, GroupOn gave birth to a litter of niche-babies. The difference? The babies will eat your market share instead of sharing (finite amount of daily deals to be had). A platform play could have … Continue reading

13. October 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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The Google Phone Ecosystem

Michael Gartenberg of Interpret, over at Engadget doesn’t understand how Google injecting hardware into its own ecosystem will not jeopardize the health of the entire system.  This post explains the logic. Simply put, Michael would be right – if this … Continue reading

16. December 2009 by Shlok Vaidya
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