Reed’s Law and thedemand curve

David Cushman Bauer Consumer Media

What is Reed’s Law?

…where n is the number of participants.

The number of possible sub-groups of network participants is

2n-n-1

Sarnoff’s Law

The value of the network grows in proportion to the number of viewers.

Metcalfe’s Law

Network grows in proportion

to the number of nodes on the network

(n squared).

Reed’s Law

“I am made greater by the sum of my connections – so are my connections”

Stowe Boyd

Network with purpose

Blacksmith -

I am part of a community,

therefore I am

Father/son/Holy Smoke!

The edglings want more!The edglings want more

An adjustment?

2n(x)-n-1

2n(x)-n-1

Because we’re more than ‘N’We are more than just ‘n’

So what about the demand curve?

The long tail…

The Long Tail gets a little longer

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