Your Life is Driven by Network Effects

Revealing the Unseen Forces That Guide Your Life   What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear. We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in … Continue reading "Your Life is Driven by Network Effects"

Revealing the Unseen Forces That Guide Your Life What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear. We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in our lives — are more constrained than we think. The unseen hand in them all is the networks that surround us and the powerful math they exert on us. Working with network effects in our 100+ companies makes it impossible not to notice how the same mechanisms and math that create near-destiny for…

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