Business Model
Watch Out for the ‘Off-Grid’ Problem Hiding in Your Business Model
The same economies of scale that make your business model work can flip on you when customers start leaving.
Neel Somani is a technologist and founder with a background in quantitative finance and blockchain. Formerly a commodities quant at Citadel, he studied computer science, math, and business at UC Berkeley and now works in AI and research.
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