2M API CALLS AT A $2B VALUATIONTyler SingletaryKlout Data, Lithium TechnologiesDirector of Platform @harmophonehttp://developer.klout.com

CAST(API_MANAGERS) AS VENTURE_CAPITALISTS

Platforms deliver value.

Platforms invest their resources through that value.

MODELS FOR VALUE

• Distribution/Ubiquity• Unit Model• Direct Dollars• Strategic Value• Trojan Horse

API RELATIONSHIPS

• All of these models require a two-way communication

• Consumers get the data, access, and relationships

• Mutual sharing of roadmaps, demos, key accounts and relationships

• External Product Management, board meetings

SOME OF OUR ‘INVESTMENTS’

SOME OF OUR ‘INVESTMENTS’

SOME OF OUR ‘INVESTMENTS’

BUT

• There are plenty of failures• We aren’t angels:

– Strategic advantages through distribution

– Trojan Horse in an acquisition– Eventual paid plans

2M API CALLS AT A $2B VALUATIONTyler SingletaryKlout Data, Lithium TechnologiesDirector of Platform @harmophone

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