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24 alternatives to Matchmakers

The new economics of multisided platforms

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Matchmakers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Platform Revolution ▲79

   How networked markets are transforming the economy

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Who Gets What - And Why▲62

   The hidden world of matchmaking and market design

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy ▲63

   Core read on the nature of information goods

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Keystone Advantage▲66

   Probably the best book on platform-based business ecosystems

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Modern Monopolies▲77

   How to dominate the 21st century economy with tech platforms

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Disrupting Digital Business▲111

   Create an authentic experience in the peer-to-peer economy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Cognitive Surplus▲63

   How technology makes consumers into collaborators

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Public Parts▲83

   How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

   2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Networks, Crowds, and Markets▲62

   Applied mathematics to understand networks and behavior

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Crossing the Chasm▲82

    Selling high-tech products to mainstream customers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Business of Sharing▲59

    Making it in the new sharing economy

    2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Swappy Books▲102

    Exchange books with people nearby.

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Finite And Infinite Games▲69

    Practically a unified-field theory of human relationships

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Who Owns the Future?▲66

    The concentration of money and power in our digital networks

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Kooba▲141

    An interactive graph for finding new books

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Competing Against Time▲57

    How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global Markets

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Streaming, Sharing, Stealing▲55

    Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Inbound Marketing▲62

    Attract, engage, and delight customers online

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    What would google do?▲64

    A guide to the business logic of the network era.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    UX Strategy▲106

    How to devise innovative digital products that people want

    2016 · jaimelevy.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Decode and Conquer▲69

    Answers to product management interviews

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valle▲55

    Seminal text on regional economic advantage in startups

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Algorithms to Live By▲70

    The computer science of human decisions

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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