Glamsquad: Making Over the Beauty Services Industry
Can Glamsquad build a platform of scale in on-demand beauty?
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Twitch: Big Dollars in the World of eGaming
Twitch is an online video streaming platform which builds a community for video game lovers from around the world
Coursera: The Past and Future of Online Learning Platforms
Introduction The New York Times proclaimed 2012 the year of the MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). MOOCS, online courses aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web, made the audacious claim that they would “democratize access to education […]
This Chinese Man is Battling for Women’s Fertile Ground
Dayima: Chinese period-tracking app’s painful road to profit
Alexa: From Smart Assistant to Smart Platform
In the last few years smart assistants have been getting a lot of attention as the tech giants compete for share of voice. Apple was one of the first to market with Siri, but they kept their AI platform closed and […]
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.
Tinder’s Growth Strategy: Swiping to Success
Tinder has re-written the online dating playbook through clever marketing and a targeted launch campaign.
Has a Winner-Take-All Strategy Failed Instacart?
With $220M in VC funding, Instacart was poised to become the premium grocery delivery platform. As it's model shows cracks two years later, I wonder if a Winner Take All strategy was appropriate to its business.
Chunyu Doctor, the largest telemedicine platform in China
Chunyu Doctor (春雨医生) is an online telemedicine platform in China. Among the telemedicine companies in China, it has the largest Internet penetration rate, and it has accumulated more than $100 million in capital. In September 2016, Cycares, the international branch of Chunyu Doctor, completed its series C venture capital fund raising round, raising $50 million, the largest round of venture funding ever achieved in the Chinese telemedicine industry.
AirBnB moves Beyond Home Booking to Reduce MultiHoming
AirBnb adds services to increase differentiation and network effects, in an effort to reduce multihoming and own the market.