How do you launch a dating app, if you have no men and no women on it? Or, how do you launch a market place with niether buyers nor sellers?
This is the chicken and egg problem that all platforms have to solve to succeed.
In this week's episode, you'll learn 6 methods for how to launch a platform when you have no users. Some are sneaky, some are fun and all are very clever.
Sophia's favourite book on how to build & grow platforms is Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy - And How to Make Them Work for You.
1. Pipeline to Platform conversion, e.g. Amazon to Amazon marketplace
2. Using a company that has the user base you want, e.g. Airbnb & Craigslist
3. Seeding content, e.g. dating apps & Quora
4. Bringing influencers to your platform for an incentive, e.g. Joe Rogan
5. Producer Evangelism: e.g. Kickstarter, Indigogo, Partyslate
Listen to Sophia's interview with Partyslate CEO & Co-Founder Julie Novack, where she talks about how she used this method to grow her tech venture: How I built a party platform
6. Micromarket strategy, e.g. Facebook
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