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Competition is often interpreted as going toe-to-toe rather than rethinking the game. As for positive-sum, Shopify has provided that. By making it easier for e
by enigmatic0202 6y ago
Competition is often interpreted as going toe-to-toe rather than rethinking the game.
As for positive-sum, Shopify has provided that. By making it easier for entrepreneurs to start a online store, they’ve created another distribution channel for them beyond the Amazon status quo. They chose the opposite of aggregation.
- pdonis 6y ago> As for positive-sum, Shopify has provided that. By making it easier for entrepreneurs to start a online store, they’ve created another distribution channel for them beyond the Amazon status quo. Is the expectation that this will end up creating more online business overall, or that Shopify will just end up taking some portion of Amazon's existing business? The former is positive sum. The latter is not--whatever Shopify gains, Amazon loses.
- enigmatic0202 6y agoThe former. Good feedback! I’ll work on making this more clear.