When Athletes meet Coaches and Coaches meet Athletes
CoachUp: Find your personal trainer the way you find your Uber driver.
mobile platforms
Mercari the ‘selling app’ – Japan’s first unicorn taking e-commerce by storm
In a country dominated by traditional companies, Mercari is Japan's first unicorn, and an e-commerce sensation.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Online Gaming Platform
As a blockbuster mobile game, Hearthstone is the poster-child of Blizzard Entertainment’s evolving business model in the digital age
Can a platform, once lost, regain its power?
rise and fall of a mobile application market in South Korea
This Chinese Man is Battling for Women’s Fertile Ground
Dayima: Chinese period-tracking app’s painful road to profit
Chunyu Doctor, the largest telemedicine platform in China
Chunyu Doctor (春雨医生) is an online telemedicine platform in China. Among the telemedicine companies in China, it has the largest Internet penetration rate, and it has accumulated more than $100 million in capital. In September 2016, Cycares, the international branch of Chunyu Doctor, completed its series C venture capital fund raising round, raising $50 million, the largest round of venture funding ever achieved in the Chinese telemedicine industry.
Building an Integrated Digital Travel Platform: TripAdvisor vs. Google
TripAdvisor and Google Trips are battling to help you plan and book your entire travel experience – who will win in this battle between the small-sized incumbent TripAdvisor and the mega-sized disruptor Google.
Facebook Bets Big on Bots with Messenger Platform
With a billion people using Facebook Messenger – and Zuckerberg’s public promise that Messenger will make sure you “never have to call 1-800-FLOWERS again” – will Facebook’s newest platform prove that bots are hot… or not?
ParkWise
ParkWise helps drivers find parking spots without agitating local officials.
Turo: Airbnb of Auto
Turo, the Airbnb of autos, is well-positioned to scale more quickly than competitors to offer the best car rental experiences in the country.