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I have written a bit about our portfolio company Blackbird but in case you didn't read any of those posts, Blackbird is a loyalty and payment network for the hospitality sector. You earn Fly and you pay with Fly. The more you pay with Fly, the more Fly you earn. Pretty simple and pretty awesome. Blackbird is currently available in NYC, SF, and Charleston South Carolina. If you live in or visit these cities, you can download Blackbird here. I was using the Blackbird app this week and took a look at the "Where to Blackbird" map in the app and saw this: When you are building a network, density matters a lot. Whether it is a social network, a real world network (like Blackbird), or some other kind, the value of the network goes up massively as density increases. Metcalf's Law says that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of users on it. Whether that is exactly right or just directionally right, it is clear that network value is non-linear a

Network Density I have written a bit about our portfolio company Blackbird but in case you didn't read any of those posts, Blackbird is a loyalty and payment network for the hospitality sector. You earn Fly and you pay with Fly. The more you pay with Fly, the more Fly you earn. Pretty simple and pretty awesome. Blackbird is currently available in NYC, SF, and Charleston South Carolina. If you live in or visit these cities, you can download Blackbird here . I was using the Blackbird app this week and took a look at the "Where to Blackbird" map in the app and saw this: When you are building a ne

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