Can a platform, once lost, regain its power?
rise and fall of a mobile application market in South Korea
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Grubhub/Seamless – A Platform for Hungry Diners and Restaurants Hungry for Business
Grubhub and Seamless have transformed the take-out and delivery markets across major metropolitan areas, creating a massive and highly profitable two-sided platform, linking hungry diners with independent restaurants. Though combined as of 2013, both businesses successfully executed the build-out of […]
Is Tapjoy Finding the Key to Mobile App Monetization?
Tapjoy, founded in 2007, operates a mobile advertising and intelligence platform that connects app publishers (such as mobile game developers) with both advertisers and users. App publishers that integrate Tapjoy’s advertising solution into their apps have access to a comprehensive […]
WeChat – The One App That Rules Them All
Introduced as a messaging app in 2011 by Tencent, WeChat has evolved into lifestyle platform for users in China. With ~850 million monthly active users, it now offers to its users what Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, Venmo, Grubhub, Amazon, Uber, Apple Pay, etc. together offer in the West. The blog discusses how WeChat has used the strong network effects to emerge as the one app that rules them all.
Medium: creating a new writing platform for the masses
A new solution to tackle the problem of a struggling journalism industry: a publishing platform that enables everyone to share their stories and ideas.
DraftKings – Making Fantasy Sports a Daily Activity
DraftKings is the market leader in the DFS arena because of their product breadth and their user interface and experience.
Shaadi.com – The Original Tinder
Shaadi.com has been the pioneer of the match-making platform in India much before the people discovered the Tinder way to find a match. Perhaps, it was a decade too early.
Amazon.com – the Winner Takes It All
Amazon.com – an icon in the world of platforms
Ethereum: fueling the hype around blockchain?
Will Ethereum be the platform that successfully brings blockchain into the mainstream?
Zillow: Who Gets the Value?
Zillow, the property-sale platform, exists in between an online and physical world.