In this issue:

• YouTube's Flywheels

• Optimizing for Growth

• The Firehose

• Mass Liquidity

• Every Retailer an Ad Network

• Friction

YouTube's Flywheels

I've written before that part of what makes a company count as Big Tech is that it's in a position to control its own destiny. Often that means owning distribution, having a bigger network effect than any direct competit…