iFood delivers great results in Brazil going beyond connecting restaurants with customers.
From delivering food to improving restaurant management and diving into the food supply chain, the journey of iFood seems to be promising.
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TaskRabbit – IKEA Furniture Assembly on Demand
TaskRabbit – a poster child for platform disintermediation.
Everything is teachable – Platform play in education
A closer look at the Airbnb of education
Zoom: Prepared for a Pandemic
Zoom has created and captured tremendous value by leveraging network effects. Will this last after the pandemic?
Udaan- India’s Amazon or Alibaba?
Udaan is a B2B marketplace in India connecting small and medium sized retailers to wholesalers for a range of products from lifestyle, home, electronics to fruits and vegetables.
TaskRabbit: how weak network effects prevent companies to scale
TaskRabbit is an online and mobile marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand, allowing consumers to find immediate help with everyday tasks, including cleaning, moving, delivery and handyman work.
Caviar – Food delivery’s race to your doorstep
Caviar entered the competitive food delivery space in 2012 positioning itself as the “fancy food” delivery startup. At that time, the market was dominated by two large players, Seamless and Grubhub, with many new players looking to enter. Caviar’s platform architecture allowed it to succeed in difficult circumstances; however, as competition has increased, how should Caviar respond?
Coursera: The Edtech platform that could disrupt Higher Education
Coursera continues to develop it's MOOC platform with over 48 Million learners and 200 partners.
Wikipedia – Free Knowledge and a 19-Year-Old Online Platform
Wikipedia is one of the original online platforms with many structural challenges, yet they are making it work
Blind: Building and Scaling Anonymous Community
“Anonymous community for the workplace.”
– Kyum Kim, Head of US operations and co-founder of TeamBlind
“Most of our U.S. users are tech employees and there are tons of topics on Blind. Many of them talk about compensation, salary, company environment and issues like sexual harassment. They also talk about trending issues like cryptocurrencies or investments.”
– Sunguk Moon, CEO and co-founder of TeamBlind