Required Reading for Marketplace Entrepreneurs

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Shopify and the Power of Platforms – Stratechery by Ben Thompson https://stratechery.com/2019/shopify-and-the-power-of-platforms/ 171 comments
The Passion Economy and the Future of Work | Future https://a16z.com/2019/10/08/passion-economy/ 88 comments
Andrew Chen - Andreessen Horowitz https://a16z.com/author/andrew-chen/ 83 comments
Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth - Above the CrowdAbove the Crowd | By Bill Gurley http://abovethecrowd.com/2019/02/27/money-out-of-nowhere-how-internet-marketplaces-unlock-economic-wealth/ 80 comments
Neither, and New: Lessons from Uber and Vision Fund – Stratechery by Ben Thompson https://stratechery.com/2019/neither-and-new-lessons-from-uber-and-vision-fund/ 61 comments
How to kickstart and scale a marketplace business https://www.lennyrachitsky.com/p/how-to-kickstart-and-scale-a-marketplace 49 comments
Why It's Hard to Escape Amazon's Long Reach | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/why-hard-escape-amazons-long-reach/ 4 comments
Online Marketplaces: types, business models, network effects http://versionone.vc/marketplaces-guide-ed2/ 2 comments
The Oral History of Travel's Greatest Acquisition Booking.com | Skift.com https://skift.com/oral-history-of-booking-acquisition/ 0 comments
The a16z Marketplace 100 https://a16z.com/2020/02/18/marketplace-100/ 0 comments
The a16z Marketplace 100 | Andreessen Horowitz https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/ 0 comments
Four Paths to Marketplace Success https://a16z.com/2020/02/20/marketplace-engagement/ 0 comments
The Marketplace Glossary https://a16z.com/2020/02/18/marketplace-glossary/ 0 comments
See Your Score: The NFX Marketplace Scorecard https://www.nfx.com/post/the-nfx-marketplace-scorecard 0 comments
Platforms vs Verticals and the Next Great Unbundling | Andreessen Horowitz https://a16z.com/2019/09/11/platforms-verticals-unbundling/ 0 comments
The Marketplace 100: Appendix https://a16z.com/2020/02/18/marketplace-100-index/ 0 comments
8 Things to Consider When Building Managed Marketplace Companies | Andreessen Horowitz https://a16z.com/2019/08/28/where-the-opportunities-are-in-regulated-marketplaces-managed-marketplaces/ 0 comments
Not All Marketplaces are Created Equal: Tales of a Marketplace Founder | by Dave Lu | Medium https://medium.com/@davelu/not-all-marketplaces-are-created-equal-tales-of-a-marketplace-founder-9fc0fb802706 0 comments