Google Maps: the winner that begets winning
The forces behind how Google Maps keeps winning and helps others to win too
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Omada Health: Becoming a Gold Standard for Digital Health Interventions
With the rise of US smartphone adoption as well as chronic conditions, a myriad of digital health companies have started but never really gained traction. Omada has shown the health care community what a successful digital health intervention should look like: engaging, evidenced-based, and economical.
Wikipedia: tapping into the world’s knowledge (and free time)
Wikipedia has seen incredible growth, ballooning to over 5.3M articles on English Wikipedia alone and 284 active language-specific Wikipedias; it has also done this while being primarily written by volunteers and funded by individual donations.
Renaissance Technologies: Generating Alpha without Wall Street Veterans or MBAs
How a team of mathematicians, computer scientists, and physicists is beating the market
Amazon – a winning strategy continues with Alexa
Amazon’s Alexa – a winning smart home device for more than just your retail needs
Toys “R” Us: Now Cast in The Walking Dead
Toys R Us losing ground in an online retail world.
Sweat with Kayla – the unstoppable growth of the Virtual Trainer
Who is Kayla and why does everyone want to “do Kayla”?
JD.com: A Winner as E-Commerce Grows in China
How did JD.com grow, and survive competing with the giant Alibaba?
Quora: Crowdsourced Answers
“a place to get answers, to share what you know, to read, and to think” Quora is a website that allows users to anonymously post questions on a variety of topics and receive answers from anyone. The best answers are […]
Waze – Crowdsourcing Maps and Traffic Information
Waze is the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app which enables drivers to share real-time traffic and road info, saving other local drivers time and gas money on their commute. Like other GPS software, it learns from users’ driving […]