Whitelance Marketplace Interviews — The Changing Face of eCommerce and the Future of Work in a Marketplace Driven Economy

Date: October 9, 2019
Event: Whitelance Marketplace Interviews
Speaker: Adam Broadway, platformOS Founder and CEO

Whitelance Marketplace Interviews

Whitelance invited our founder and CEO, Adam Broadway, to their Whitelance Marketplace Interviews series for a conversation about the future of eCommerce, where we shared some insights about communities and marketplaces, and presented a demo of the diverse business models and marketplace implementations on platformOS.

The Changing Face of eCommerce and the Future of Work in a Marketplace Driven Economy

Topics discussed:

• The history of Near Me and platformOS, where it all started, where we’re heading now
• The architecture of marketplaces
• The difference between communities of interest and communities of practice
• The 4 P’s of marketplaces: People, Products, Places, Projects
• The role of APIs
• Scaling your marketplace from startup to enterprise
• Site speed and Google AMP Pages
• Our predictive analytics engine
• Our partners, like SiteGlide
• Pricing
• Future plans

Site demos:

• Intel DevMesh
• Hallmark Keepsake Community
• UiPath Go! And UiPath Connect!
• The Volte
• wedo
• DesksNear.Me
• platformOS
• Siteglide