Metcalfe’s Law
PM101 is a well-established blog that shares valuable content about product management. It has been receiving a 1,000,000+ visitors per year since 2016 and it’s free to access. PM101 has begun accepting guest posts, which allows other experts in the field share their insights. Follow publication Top highlight 220 Listen Share I wanted to bring this subject to PM101 because it’s extremely relevant to the focus of this blog and also to what we do — product and program management. Metcalfe’s law relates to the value of a network and also the possibilities, which depend on the amount of its users. A network becomes more valuable after each new user joins, and this happens all the time. With that, the network, its users, and data become a powerful asset. They bring tangible and intangible value to the network, there’s no downside. Metcalfe’s law states that “the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users. As the physical cost of the network grows linea