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Identifying the 14th Network Effect 

Have identified over 13 different types of network effects in the last 15 years, James Currier, a Managing Partner at NFX discovers another layer called the expertise network effect. Products that have these expert network effects typically allow professionals to do their jobs. 

Examples include Quickbooks, Salesforce, and WordPress. These products essentially create an ecosystem where the professionals parlay their expertise with these products to offer their services or leverage their knowledge of the platform in-house. This allows them to be embedded into the ecosystem and community which further enables them to evangelize the product for the company. 

You can read about it more here. 

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Freelance Marketplace Battle

Upwork vs. Fiverr

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• 2 Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask– Tim Ferris
• Alexa Sounds Disappointed – This Week in Tech

# Hashtag Trends

• #NationalCookieDay
• The Rise of the Elite Gig Economy

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When Tech Earnings Slow Down, Move Into Banking

Product line extensions are pretty common when you have slowing growth in your core areas. The big tech giants are looking into consumer finance in search of future earnings. 

Wired Magazine covers why every tech company wants to be a bank. 

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Business Intelligence B.I. Software Battle

Looker vs. Domo

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• Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff on hitting escape velocity, pioneering “self-driving money” – This Week in Startups
• Highly Illegal – Very Affordable – This Week in Tech

# Hashtag Trends

• #TipTuesday
• Should You Really Listen to Experts?

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How to Recognize A.I. Snake Oil

“Much of what’s being sold as “AI” today is snake oil — it does not and cannot work.” – Arvind

Associate professor of computer science at Princeton University Arvind Narayanan breaks down the false claims of A.I. or artificial intelligence that is happening today.

You can read more about it here. 

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Design Software Battle

Indesign vs. Figma

Upcoming Software Events

• Dreamforce  | November 19-22 | California
• Hustlecon  | December 2-3 | California  
• Growth Marketing Conference  | December  10-11 | California
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Hiring Signals in Tech

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• 399 positions
• 31,729 positions

Podcast Roundup

• Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff on hitting escape velocity, pioneering “self-driving money” – This Week in Startups
• Highly Illegal – Very Affordable – This Week in Tech

# Hashtag Trends

• #Impeachmenthearing
• White-collar jobs susceptible to A.I.

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The Freelance Economy

There are over 56 million freelancers in the US today with that number rising each year. 

Technology such as Slack and Zoom has enabled more people to enter this freelance economy.

If you’re interested in getting started in this type of work, read the freelancer guide at Sidesupply.

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Video Conference Software Battle

Zoom vs. GotoMeeting

Upcoming Software Events

• Dreamforce  | November 19 | California
• Github Universe  | November 13 | California
• Edge AI Summit  | November 20 | California  

Hiring Signals in Tech

• 476 positions
• 399 positions
• 31,729 positions

Podcast Roundup

• HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan on origins of inbound marketing – This Week in Startups
• Google Buys Fitbit, AirPods Pro Review, Apple TV+ launches – This Week in Tech

# Hashtag Trends

•  #DisneyPlus
•  $38 Billion in a ‘Singles Day’