Ben Thompson @benthompson
Ben Thompson is the author of Stratechery, the subscription newsletter that effectively invented the modern paid tech-analysis business. Writing daily about technology strategy and business models, he coined Aggregation Theory — a framework for understanding how internet platforms accumulate power — that has shaped how a generation of operators, investors and journalists think about tech. From his base in Taipei, he covers platform strategy, media economics, antitrust and the business logic of companies from Apple to Nvidia, with periodic forays into crypto and AI as strategic phenomena. His roughly 259,000 followers include many of the executives whose companies he analyzes. He is required reading for anyone thinking seriously about internet business models.
Why follow
- Aggregation Theory and successor frameworks that explain platform power better than most academic work
- Daily strategic analysis that treats tech news as inputs to business-model questions, not headlines
- The template for independent paid analysis — instructive for anyone building a content business
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