Episode · Acquired · 2022-04-06
Hamilton Helmer & Chenyi Shi on Acquired: books mentioned
Platforms and Power (with Hamilton Helmer and Chenyi Shi)
We sit down once again with one of the world’s very best strategy thinkers, 7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer — this time joined by his impressive Strategy Capital colleague Chenyi Shi — to discuss platform businesses, and how the Power framework applies to them.
Ben Gilbert discussed 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer. Chenyi Shi recommended Matchmakers by David S. Evans and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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7 Powers
7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer is an acclaimed business strategy book that outlines the foundational forces enabling companies to achieve persistent differential returns.
Discussed“my colleague chen you and i have been developing a new framework for how executives can apply seven powers for platform businesses”
Where to get it
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Matchmakers
Matchmakers by David S.
Recommended“you know there's a book that hamilton and i both really enjoyed reading and learned a lot from it's called the matchmakers from evans and schmalenzi so both are economists who've thought really deeply about platforms”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged 7 Powers
“because i use intel in my book and that's the way life is you know technology's changing competition changes”
Passing The Everything Store
“because i read the everything store right right exactly”