I am the Founder & CEO of Platform Thinking Labs, author of the book “Platform Scale.” AMA!

Hi TIA Community,

I’m obsessed with two things and all my work centers around the intersection of these two:

1. How the internet and other connectivity and intelligence change business models and lead to the disruption of entire industries, particularly through digital platform models

2. How the internet allows individuals to build massive influence globally

I’ve been obsessed with these two themes. The first pertains to what I do, the second relates closely to how I do it. And my obsession with the two themes above is why I do it.

I work on understanding how the internet is fundamentally changing business and society, with a particular focus on the rise of connected business models like marketplace, platforms and networks. Three years back, I started writing a blog about this that became quite popular. Ever since, I’ve had the great fun and privilege of:

• Traveling to 40+ countries across all 6 continents to advise Fortune 100 CEOs, Forbes billionaires, unicorn startups, leading media personalities and an Olympic Gold medalist on the design and execution of platform business models and network effect businesses in different industries.
• Researching this in partnership with some of the greatest thinkers globally, as the co-chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit at the MIT Media Lab and as a global fellow at the Centre for Global Enterprise, NY.
• Being invited to speak at major events globally, including the G20 Summit 2014 events, and lecture at MIT, HBS, INSEAD, and other leading universities.
• Being featured on leading media and television and respected journals globally (including HBR and MIT Tech Review) with regards to my work.
• Writing two books, one of which just launched on Amazon and has been running as a #1 Amazon bestseller across all its categories. It is now available for free download this week. The second one comes out next year through WW Norton.
• Most importantly, carving a niche for my work, working on exactly what I want to, the way I want to, and building an amazing, ever-increasing global network of people who love and value what I do and regularly give back many times over.

I’m doing this AMA on the occasion of the launch of my first book, Platform Scale. It’s running on a limited-time free promotion till October 9th. I’m happy to answer any questions, specifically on the following topics:

• Emerging business models
• Marketplaces, social networks and platform business models
• Industry disruption because of the internet
• Network effects
• Building a personal brand at a global scale
• Future of different industries because of digital
• Sustainable growth strategies for tech startups
• Pull marketing and influence building
• Carving a niche for your work

I hope to have tons of fun answering the questions out here. Ask away!

Note from Daniel, TIA’s community manager:
The host may choose at his/her preference to not answer particular questions. The AMA is moderated by the community managers, so let’s keep the questions friendly. 🙂

Read more about Sangeet here:

Platform thinking: how to succeed in the internet age