Friday, April 3, 2009

Web 2.0 expo hall, takeaway

* Platform connections companies turned out (Facebook, IBM, MSFT, Salesforce)
* Search engines did not (Google, Yahoo)
* Private community platforms, showed up
* Consumer internet communities, did not (MySpace, Friendster)
* Specialist SaaS providiers turned out (Meetup)

Conclusions:
* Laser focused specialists grow, by squeezing out multi-players
* Platforms focus on niche, but generally add value by aggregating others content
* Key to growth focus on disaggregating own content, to aggregate others content


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