“Most of the smartest people work for somebody else…” Kaggle in the new world of data science
Kaggle’s online data science platform is every software company’s critical new tool
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WikiLeaks: The Democratization & Commoditization of Secretive Information
A platform built on the power (and fear) of information
Li & Fung – The Downfall of a Platform
On March 6th of this year, the supply chain management giant Li & Fung will be unceremoniously removed from the Hang Seng Index, a globally recognized index of Blue Chip Hong Kong Companies, to be replaced by Greely Automobile. It will mark the another step in the steep decline of a company which was once synonymous with outsourcing and cheap Asian manufacturing.
Box: Defending its Business through a Platform
Why Box's journey from product to platform is a matter of life or death.
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
Zillow: Who Gets the Value?
Zillow, the property-sale platform, exists in between an online and physical world.
Glamsquad: Making Over the Beauty Services Industry
Can Glamsquad build a platform of scale in on-demand beauty?
TopTal.com: Growing a new marketplace platform in a competitive space.
Toptal is a two-sided marketplace that matches freelancers who are looking for work on one side, with companies looking to hire temporary workers on the other side. Even though it competed with established large platforms, the company managed to grow faster than the market and establish a successful platform by focusing on the ‘high-end’ part of the market.
SoundCloud Tunes Up the Music Ecosystem
This post explores how SoundCloud built a successful digital music platform.
Lazada – Alibaba’s point of entrance into South East Asian eCommerce
South East Asian equivalent to Alibaba and its role in building Chinese eCommerce, Lazada has pioneered online shopping in the region by building its eCommerce platform and becoming the online destination site for consumers and one-stop gateway to the region for local and international brands.