Is Prosper prospering? The potential shift of banking into a platform business
Inherently risky or opportunities for value creation and capturing?
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WeChat: The End-All Platform?
WeChat…WeBuy, WeBook, WeEat, WeBank, WeDate? A glimpse into life in the People's Republic of WeChat
OYO rooms: You stay in hotel “On Your Own” terms
OYO rooms: pioneering comfort stay at an affordable price
Netflix’s uncertain future
Netflix and the content trap
Honor: the next “Uber for elderly care”
Honor wants to disrupt the elderly care market by providing quality, efficient and convenience elderly care services to the home.
TaskRabbit- More of a tortoise than a rabbit
Leveraging International scaling to radically change a platform pricing strategy
HERE’s digital mapping data to rule autonomous cars
HERE’s mapping platform has already 90% automotive market share and aspires to be the industry standard for autonomous cars
WikiLeaks: The Democratization & Commoditization of Secretive Information
A platform built on the power (and fear) of information
LiquidSpace and the Platformization of Office Rentals
A door down from WeWork, there is LiquidSpace. Both companies are pursuing a modern approach to the office space marketplace, but LiquidSpace has stayed truer to the rules of platform strategy.
Amazon vs. Etsy – an incumbent’s futile attempt to disrupt the “vintage” category
Why Etsy witnessed the entry and fall of the giant Amazon in the niche category of handmade and vintage items