Episode 149 — Zillow and Sustaining Aggregation

Ben and James discuss Zillow’s shift in business model and the further refinement of Aggregation Theory through the incorporation of the ideas of disruption.

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Zillow, Aggregation, and Integration — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2018/zillow-aggregation-and-in…)

• Ben Thompson: Opendoor: A Startup Worth Emulating — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2016/opendoor-a-startup-worth-…)

• Episode 098: Shattered Glass — Exponent (exponent.fm/episode-098-shattered-glass)

• Ben Thompson: Defining Aggregators — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/defining-aggregators)

• Ben Thompson: Aggregation Theory — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2015/aggregation-theory)

• Ben Thompson: Netflix and the Conservation of Attractive Profits — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2015/netflix-and-the-conservat…)

• Ben Thompson: The Truth About Windows Versus the Mac — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2013/apple-open-and-learning-f…)

• Ben Thompson: Books and Blog — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/books-and-blogs)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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