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Thank you for writing this post! This is such a sensitive topic for many families around the world right now. And I agree, I believe the the the companies who will emerge ‘heroes’ in this pandemic are the ones who are well set up for the virtual world. June is a perfect example of such heroes. I believe that in these crisis times many mothers might be going through anxious times and June’s value proposition of providing a support system to the mothers will prove to be critical for the mental health of mothers.

Thank you for this blog post. I also wrote about a telemedicine company in India named Practo. One of the ways in which they are ensuring that this pandemic has a long-lasting positive effect on their business is my monitoring demographics of new patients. For example, they are seeing a 200% surge in the gynecologist consultations from rural areas of India and now they are training their doctors to handle those consultations well. I believe this pandemic will help telemedicine companies come across new opportunities that they might not have even thought about. Overall, I feel this pandemic is a boon for the telemedicine sector.

This is a fascinating read! It is so interesting that this pandemic is helping many companies to run multiple experiments such as Passport Feature of Tinder to try different operating models, which might bring long-term success to these companies. And I totally agree with the argument that the nimble and experiment-like culture of these companies helped them be ‘pandemic-ready’ and hopefully, these sites will stride high with the pandemic waves.

Thanks for writing this article. In India, I was a big user of the Swiggy and agree with most of the points listed in the blog-post. In addition to the exclusive contracts, I believe one of the biggest competitive advantages they have is the quality of the service. As a customer, I preferred it over other platforms because of the quality of service it provided.

Thank you Joe for picking up this topic – it is so interesting to see how a company can strategize to respond to unexpected high demand. I agree with the network effects and bridging argument made in the blog post – but I firmly believe that the biggest reason that Zoom stood-out in these times was its video quality over its competitors. This transitory shock in the economy will bring a lot of value to their brand.

This is a very well-written blog post. I have been using Instacart for the last two years and totally agree with all the value propositions mentioned for the customers. On one hand, their white-label product ‘Powered by Instacart’ launch is an interesting concept, but on the other hand I wonder whether this product will lead to fewer economies of scale for the overall business if many enterprise businesses shift to ‘Powered by Instacart’ launch.

Amazing article. After the class discussion, I felt that there is an opportunity for DJI to focus on more use cases beyond photography and videos. I believe that DJI can leverage these use cases to not only improve the technology but also diversify the revenues of the business.

Fascinating article. After the class discussion, I felt that Monzo would benefit in launching itself in emerging markets and serve underbanked as compared to moving to the USA. In US, the incumbent banks would catch up with the digital innovation and Monzo would have a hard time to compete against big pockets of these banks. However, in emerging markets, Monzo can bring underbanked and underserved people into banking system.

Fascinated by this blog post. I didn’t know that Sephora was pioneering the change in landscape of the cosmetics industry. Going forward, Sephora should focus on how to keep itself ahead of the curve as most of the differentiating factors (e.g., AI technologies, data etc.) are replicable by big players.