As an investor, I’ve learned some fascinating lessons from some of the world’s fastest growing marketplaces. Take a page from Airbnb, Tutorspree, and FlightCar.

Tap Into Y Combinator's Contrarian Thinking

While it was originally published in March of this year, I just stumbled upon this very interesting article in Bloomberg Businessweek titled: “Why Redfin, Zillow, and Trulia Haven’t Killed Off Real Estate Brokers.”

Why nobody has killed off real estate agents | Dirt.

Designing your platform so that your producers can bring along consumers is a great strategy for seeding a platform while concentrating on only one side of the market.

Chicken and Egg Problem of Two-Sided Markets and Platforms: Getting Producers to bring in the Consumers

As an investor, I’ve learned some fascinating lessons from some of the world’s fastest growing marketplaces. Take a page from Airbnb, Tutorspree, and FlightCar.

Tap Into Y Combinator's Contrarian Thinking

While it was originally published in March of this year, I just stumbled upon this very interesting article in Bloomberg Businessweek titled: “Why Redfin, Zillow, and Trulia Haven’t Killed Off Real Estate Brokers.”

Why nobody has killed off real estate agents | Dirt.

Designing your platform so that your producers can bring along consumers is a great strategy for seeding a platform while concentrating on only one side of the market.

Chicken and Egg Problem of Two-Sided Markets and Platforms: Getting Producers to bring in the Consumers