Building a business off the back of a platform strategy can be highly effective and very profitable – as the largest tech companies in the world will attest. When a platform strategy based around a 2-sided market works, a virtuous circle of growth can be achieved whereby suppliers are attracted to the service because of…
‘Digital transformation’ has become embedded into the tech lexicon, as most organizations have moved full throttle into enhancing internal and external business outcomes.
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