Episode · Acquired · 2022-04-06
Books mentioned on 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.
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 seven specific factors enabling companies to achieve persistent differential returns.
Discussed“so number one is if they're readers of seven powers and you're patient enough to flip to the appendix after each chapter there is this concept that we call surplus leader margin which is the maximum price you can charge more than your competitor while still maintaining your competitive position”
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
Own book 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”