Continuations

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This made sense in the age of the printed newspaper and the telephone network of yesteryear. The second trap is misunderstanding network effects. But each of these three separate networks would still be ridiculously powerful in its own right and so would be Twitter and whatever new networks are yet to come.

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

After being installed in 2014 as Microsoft’s new CEO, Nadella has turned around the Seattle ocean liner on a new course after the Ballmer regime. Microsoft can seek to better integrate with its new prize and monetize different parts of the network over time (if it chooses to do so). Satya strikes again.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market. Also like high deductibles, coinsurance usage in on the rise.

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