Lesson 6. Platforms fail forward
Richard Branson, much like Steve Jobs, made a virtue of failure. His high-profile successes overshadow the failures that taught him where and how to mine growth: fail fast, fail often, fail learning. Fail forward.
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Lesson 4. Platforms host the party
To build the platform everyone wants, plan the party everyone wants to attend. Then throw the doors wide open.
It’s better on the bottom
Platforms lay the foundation for larger, more comprehensive solutions. Design your platforms with these six unifying characteristics.
Roger Mader 