Lenny Distilled

Network effects without pricing power are mirages

Growth → Monetization & Pricing

For me the difference is materiality is that whether the value benefit is large enough to engender a price delta significant enough to give you materially different margins into the future.

Hamilton HelmerBusiness strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)
Supporting

I think that Uber and Lyft probably have network effects involved but not network economies.

Hamilton HelmerBusiness strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)
Nuanced

When consumption-based business models started, I think you saw go-to-market shift into being meaningfully more consultative because often that first land was the very beginning of the journey and represented a very small percent of what you were ultimately going to do with that customer.

Jeanne DeWitt GrosserWhat world-class GTM looks like in 2026