Gimme Five: Fiverr in the Freelancing Economy
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Venmo: The Leader (?) in Peer to Peer Payments
How Venmo founders created a leading platform in the mobile payment space.
Musical.ly: Breaking Through the Social Media Clutter
Just when you think the social media space is crowed enough as it is, a music video platform, Muscial.ly, breaks through the clutter and became a big hit.
Homejoy: A Silicon Valley darling’s path to the grave
Homejoy was one of the first platform companies to disrupt the $400 billion home cleaning market. The company aimed to create value by using algorithms to connect homeowners with cleaners and by scheduling cleanings, all of which could be done […]
Turo: Airbnb for Cars or Platform of the Future?
Turo, the ‘Airbnb for cars’, has been growing rapidly and has set itself up for the future.
Stack Overflow: Quality through Community Control
Stack Overflow has created a community with very high-quality standards by ceding control to community members with strong reputations
MoviePass: A Platform for Burning Cash
MoviePass skyrocketed to over 2 million users with a revolutionary $7.95 subscription price for seeing movies. But without a clear path to profit on even a single transaction, is it a platform for anything more than burning cash?
Klarna: One-click Wonder or International Online Banking Powerhouse?
Since first appearing on the e-commerce scene in 2005, this Swedish company has been exacerbating online shopping addictions and helping retailers combat #cartabandonment. With 60 million unique customers, flexible payment options, a vault of transaction data, and a new shiny banking license, Klarna has big plans on the horizon.
Amazon: The New King of Music?
Amazon has become the third largest music subscription globally [1]. Should Apple and Spotify be scared? Yes.
Yelp: Re-accelerating Growth
Although we likely still agree that Yelp remains a top choice for restaurant search and reviews, the company is facing slowing growth due to increased competition and less success in expanding its platform into other categories