Platforms are hard to demo, because the platform is abstract, and every concrete example of it is a specific thing.

· Bits and Bobs 4/21/25
  • Platforms are hard to demo, because the platform is abstract, and every concrete example of it is a specific thing.
    • Products are visible.
    • Platforms are more about ideas.
    • Platforms are a second-order kind of thing.
    • But everyone will see the first-order thing and base their understanding on that.
    • They'll confuse the demo of a product for the platform, vastly underestimating the power of the platform.