Talking with alessandro cadoni

This video is not a lecture, but a chat with a Platform Professional. The goal is to let you be in direct touch with someone that made the concepts of this MOOC real.
We will meet Alessandro Cadoni, co-founder of Friendz and founder of Atlantix, two Italian platforms that show how platforms can be created also without huge funds, but exploiting brilliant and fresh ideas.

So enjoy the interview and get ready - after the video - to reflect on what you heard through some guiding questions.

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Reflection

What do you see in the evolution of how Alessandro worked first on Friendz and then in Atlantix?

Can you think about any possible synergy in the creation of the second platform?

What do you think about the creator of platforms as serial innovators?

If you want you can discuss in the forum your thoughts about the previous questions.

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Additional resources

Have a look at the paper below for a critical reading of the link between the two platforms and to know something more on the history of Friendz:

Entrepreneurial dynamics in two-sided platforms: the influence of sides in the case of Friendz.
TRABUCCHI, BUGANZA (2021) Download