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Stories of Platform Design

Examples, case studies and explorations in Platform Design and Entrepreneurial Organizing

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Building Complex Modular Platforms

Designing Extendable Platforms – protocols, no-code, AI, and modularity

In this post, we look into key experiences in building an extendable platform from Hubspot and Shopify and also peek...

In this post, we look...

Simone Cicero

February 23, 2023

Why Building a Visual Product Portfolio and creating shared innovation practices is essential for Adaptive Organizations

In this piece, we explain why creating shared visualizations of product portfolios is key to developing success in organizations and...

In this piece, we explain...

Multiple Authors

March 13, 2023

A new Series

Techniques of Platform Design and Development:

Understanding Ecosystems to create the right Value Propositions: Part 1 of a Series on the Macro-Problems and Techniques of Platform Design

In this series of posts starting today we’ll progressively offer an updated, dashboard-like, view of the Platform Design Toolkit and...

In this series of posts...

Multiple Authors

December 02, 2022

Defining the Platform Experience, and Flywheels for Defensibility: Part 2 of a series on The Macro-Problems and Techniques of Platform Design

In this series of posts, we are progressively offering an updated, dashboard-like, view of the Platform Design Toolkit and we...

In this series of posts,...

Multiple Authors

January 16, 2023

To Design a Platform is Easy – validating it is Hard

What’s the right way to develop a validation mindset as you develop a platform? What are the critical elements of...

What’s the right way to...

Multiple Authors

January 25, 2023

Key Concepts and Practical steps to your first Growth Model (for a Platform or Product)

In this post, Boundaryless explains how to set up a Growth Model and why this is essential for your digital...

In this post, Boundaryless explains...

Multiple Authors

March 27, 2023

Highlights: check out the latest updates to the methodology!

Seek Growth and evolve your Platform Strategy with the Platform Growth and Product Guide

After a fairly long research process that led us to run several webinars, write a ton and test things out...

After a fairly long research...

Multiple Authors

June 27, 2022

The New 3EO Toolkit and Adoption Guide

Boundaryless is excited to publicly release the new version of the 3EO Toolkit with 7 new canvases, a User &...

Boundaryless is excited to publicly...

Emanuele Quintarelli

June 08, 2022

A New release of the Platform Opportunity Exploration Guide: Arena Scanning for Ecosystem breakdown

In this post, we present the release of a new version of the Platform Opportunity Exploration Guide. The new release...

In this post, we present...

Multiple Authors

October 17, 2022

The Platform Design Toolkit and the 3EO Toolkit are now available as Templates on Mural

In an effort to make it easier for adopters to quickly gather a team around a platform design or organizational...

In an effort to make...

Boundaryless Team

November 09, 2022

Discovering Platform Opportunities and implementing your Platform Strategy

Value Propositions in Business Ecosystems – Products, Marketplaces, Extensions

What are the key value propositions in business ecosystems? How does a product or service bundle complement a marketplace? How...

What are the key value...

Simone Cicero

March 22, 2022

Identifying a Platform Strategy Model and its potential go-to-market strategy: a streamlined process

Learn about a streamlined process to define a Platform Strategy Model and a potential “go-to-market” strategy: using the Platform Strategy...

Learn about a streamlined process...

Multiple Authors

October 05, 2022

Visualizing a Product Portfolio Strategy on a Wardley Map

In this article, we explain how to visualize a Portfolio of product/platform strategies on a Wardley Map (an abstraction of...

In this article, we explain...

Multiple Authors

February 07, 2023

Apply Value Chain Analysis with Wardley Maps to identify a Platform Opportunity

In this post, we share some of the most important heuristics we use as we integrate Wardley Maps with Platform...

In this post, we share...

Simone Cicero

May 06, 2022

Transforming your Organization in an Entrepreneurial Powerhouse

Adopting a Product-Centric operating model at Scale

In this post we explore how adopting a Product-Centric operating model proceeds as you scale and what processes of continuous...

In this post we explore...

Multiple Authors

November 16, 2022

Ecosystem-Driven Organizations: Shared Market Maps, Forcing Functions and Investing into Small Units.

What does it mean to adopt an Ecosystem-Driven organizational model that can grow organically by validating products and being driven...

What does it mean to...

Simone Cicero

September 27, 2022

Primitives of Contract-based and Unit-based organizing for better Agility and Engagement

In this post, we explain how a framework based on nodes and agreements, where the performance in executing those agreements...

In this post, we explain...

Multiple Authors

October 26, 2022

The RenDanHeYi in practice. Voices from the world

The public release of the new 3EO Toolkit has been the unique opportunity to engage four organizations from different industries,...

The public release of the...

Emanuele Quintarelli

July 05, 2022

Making the best of Web3 and DAOs

Building Products and Protocols in Web3: a Playbook

In this piece we share a systematic overview of the driver of adopting web 3 enablers in designing a new...

In this piece we share...

Simone Cicero

September 12, 2022

Bootstrapping user-owned Networks with Web3

What are the possibilities that web3, tokenomics, and the adoption of blockchain technology are enabling for founders? What are the...

What are the possibilities that...

Simone Cicero

April 12, 2022

Can DAOs be Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Enabling Organizations?

In this post, we reflect on the difference and convergences between DAOs and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Enabling Organizations, following some preliminary...

In this post, we reflect...

Multiple Authors

May 19, 2022

Towards Modular and Composable Markets

Understanding how markets are increasingly being shaped by composability is definitely a hot topic today. In this essay, that nicely...

Understanding how markets are increasingly...

Simone Cicero

July 26, 2022

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This blog collects stories, case studies, and explorations in Platform Design, Vision and Execution, and features most of our research updates. Previously it was published solely on Medium at stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com and it’s currently in transition. Check the Medium blog for the full archive.