Don’t Believe What You Hear: The Middleman is Alive and Thriving!

marina-krakovskyMarina Krakovsky
Author
The Middleman Economy
www.themiddlemaneconomy.com

Marina Krakovsky is a Silicon Valley-based social science and business journalist who is the author of The Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit. Her articles and essays have appeared in Discover, The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American and Scientific American Mind, O: The Oprah Magazine, Psychology Today, Slate, Fast Company, Stanford Magazine, The Washington Post, Wire and others.

In this podcast, Marina talks about why, in spite of all rumors to the contrary, the middleman is thriving in today’s Internet world, and why the new generation of middlemen includes companies like Uber, AirB2B and Task Rabbit. She discusses why marketers need to understand the value middlemen provide, and the three key roles middlemen can provide in a marketing setting.


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