
How Two-Sided Platforms Solve the Chicken-and-Egg Problem
Airbnb, Uber, and Etsy each recruited one side of the marketplace first, then let it pull in the other. Here's the sequence, and where it can fail.
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Airbnb, Uber, and Etsy each recruited one side of the marketplace first, then let it pull in the other. Here's the sequence, and where it can fail.

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