This is the first event in a series on the topic of platforms and marketplaces. As platforms are eating the world I see this as one of the hottest topics in Tech and Strategy today.

This event is designed for everyone in and around London who is interested in building and growing great businesses through platform strategy and platform design.

As most of us know, 70% of value created by tech companies in the past 30 years has come through businesses with Network Effects: and that is based on market cap data. Network effects are basically the ultimate Growth Hack!

On the other hand launching or managing a platform business is extremely difficult and it can have dangerous side effects.

How do we improve our success ratio for launching new platforms in the London tech ecosystem?

How do we build, manage and create platforms that truly deliver value to all players involved?

What role do platforms play in today strategy making? How does it differ in start-ups vs enterprises?

How do pipeline products gain Network Effects?

How do platform businesses evolve?

These and more are the themes we can discuss together. In our first session there will be three speakers. Manfredi Sassoli, introducing this new series of events, Simon Torrance author and organiser of the Platform Economy Summit and Simone Cicero, ideator of the PDT (Platform Design Toolikt) and wordlwide reknown thought leader on platform design and strategy.

(Some food will be provided)