Slides presented at Yourstory even Future of Work 2020 #FOW2020. Talks about how technology is evolving platforms and hence impacting work, economy and product offerings. Some historical evidence to how we incorporate marketplace fundamentals at Goibibo, how we leveraged network effects while building Hotels for Indian consumers. What lies in the future especially around block-chain based distribution ecosystems.

1. Platforms
aka Marketplaces

2. The WALL
Technology to turn scarcity into abundance

3. Prosumers
1970, 1980
Producers Consumers

4. Internet

5. Credits: a16z

6. Ridesharing platforms
alone account for roughly
1 % of US household
income
Uber, Ola, AirBnb …are
creating
Microentrepreneurs

7. 1350
Flights
Low Fragmentation

8. 1.5
M+
Large Fragmentation
Hotels

9. Network
Effects

11. Bitcoin
Opening up
crazy use-
cases

12. Block-Chain
Opening up
Travel
Distribution

13. Block-Chain
Opening up
Decentralize
d Storage

14. Ethereum as
a backend

15. What’s Going On!!

16. TCP / IP
HTTP
Linux
More value may accrue to protocols than applications?
Source: Fat protocol (Source: USV blog)

17. Web 3.0
Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.0
AOL makes content
AOL makes $
Internet of consumption
We create content
Facebook makes $
Internet of creation
We create content
We make $
Internet of resources

18. Thank You
• http://tech.goibibo.com
• @Goibibo_tech
• @vikalpsahni