Online Systems & Platforms

• Marketplaces - Facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers
• Marketplaces - Facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers
• Collaborative/Sharing Economy - Involve short-term sharing of assets and services  
• Collaborative/Sharing Economy - Involve short-term sharing of assets and services  
• On-Demand Service Platforms - Designed to deliver end-to-end services by a network of service providers 
• On-Demand Service Platforms - Designed to deliver end-to-end services by a network of service providers 
• Communications - Provide real-time communication services like voice, video, messaging
• Communications - Provide real-time communication services like voice, video, messaging
• Social Networks - Allow users to connect and share interests
• Search Engines - Allow users to search for internet content
• Utility Platforms - Attract users by providing a free, useful service
• Maps - Provide detailed geographic information
• Data Harvesting Platforms - Offer a service and generate data through usage
• Data Harvesting Platforms - Offer a service and generate data through usage
• News Aggregators - Collect and publish news and information from the web
• Music & Video Sharing - Provide streaming and sharing of multimedia content
• Content Crowdsourcing Platforms - Collect and share user-generated content
• Content Crowdsourcing Platforms - Collect and share user-generated content
• Payment Systems - Facilitate digital/cashless payments
• App Stores - Enable search, download, and review of mobile apps
• • Technology Platforms - Provide reusable building blocks/services for developers
• Technology Platforms - Provide reusable building blocks/services for developers
• Computing Platforms - Enable interactions between users and developers
• • Computing Platforms - Enable interactions between users and developers
• Content Distribution Platforms - Connect content owners and user touchpoints
• Chicken and egg problem - Interdependency issues in attracting platform sides.
• Fulfillment - Delivery of a good/service to the consumer.  
• Onboarding - Process of acquiring an initial user base. 
• Online systems - Connected to network, ready to use by other devices
• Online platforms - Facilitate interactions between users via internet
• online platform - Connects distinct but interdependent groups of users