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6 simple examples of common advantages represented as flywheels (or âcausal loopsâ in systems terminology).
Each wheel needs a push to get started. Written in green on a few of the archetypes above are initial advantages to get the wheels moving. Whether itâs a better user experience, a technical breakthrough, or a bootstrapped network based off of an existing network (college campuses for FB) or a useful utility (Instagram).
La vertu du flywheel effect est son aspect visuel.
The most successful moats have multiple flywheels that feed off of each otherâs momentum.
Disneyâs flywheel.
Amazon: long-term perspective and fanatical focus on price, selection, and convenience.
Jâai fait lâexercice de commencer Ă construire nos flywheels effects chez Alan, autour des âeconomies of scaleâ, des ânetwork effectsâ, de la âtech / dataâ, et de la marque. Et vous, quels sont les vĂŽtres ?
Robinhoodâs flywheel.
The First Trade
Robinhood's flywheel starts with a focus on getting a new user to sign up and make a trade. What started with free trades has evolved into a list of features, all designed to make it as fast and cheap as possible to get started:
Free trades: this was the core, killer feature from day 1 that allowed Robinhood to amass a 1 million person wait-list before the product even launched. It seems obvious only in hindsight, but having to pay a commission per trade was a huge pain point for tons of people.
Free stock: new users are given one share of a cheap stock to entice them to get involved.Â
Instant deposits and margin: traditionally it can take several days to set up and fund a new account with a financial institution. Not so at Robinhood. Users are given access to instant funds while their deposits are pending, and if they need more they can easily borrow on margin.
Our desire to fit in with others means we donât always say what we think. We only express opinions that seem safe.Â
Our perception of how âsafeâ it is to voice a particular view comes from the clues we pick up, consciously or not, about what everyone else believes.
Those with unpopular views may suppress them to avoid social isolation.
The only time someone will feel safe to voice a divergent opinion is if they think the group will share it or be accepting of divergence, or if they view the consequences of rejection as low.
The picture we have of what most people believe is not always accurate.
đStripe: The Internet's Most Undervalued Company (Not Boring)
The way in which Jeff Bezos has been persistently and continually able to use time horizons as a competitive advantage is something I have deep respect for. Thereâs something quite deep about the notion of using time horizons as a competitive advantage, in that youâre simply willing to wait longer than other people and you have an organization that is thusly oriented.
Our strategy is very deliberately to serve both ends of the continuum (startups and enterprises), and every point in between. This ensures we can provide the most powerful functionality to the youngest companies in the world, and that we can provide the most forward thinking technology to the largest and most established.
But itâs a very Stripe sales and marketing engine that focuses on quality content and audience expansion versus paid acquisition. If you want to see this for yourself, try searching things like âpayment processor,â âonline payments,â etc⊠I tried everything I could think of, and except for branded search (âStripeâ), Stripe was the only one of its competitors that doesnât pay for search ads, because Stripe has always focused on building organic traffic through well-written content.