Behind Moneyball 2.0 Stands STATS

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A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-star, Bill Russell once said, “the only important statistic is the final score.” But is it really? New digital platforms and technologies have transformed the business of sports to be ever more scientific in its approach. At the center is STATS, a company priding itself in providing the fastest, most accurate data in sports.

Instacart – How to Leverage Technology in the Pursuit of Value Creation

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Founded in 2012 by Apoorva Mehta, Instacart benefited from mobile technology to instantly connect customers with shoppers via a simple tapping-to-order process. Mobile technology has enabled the creation of a so-called ‘on-demand economy’ i.e. an economic activity that fulfills consumer demand by offering immediate access and convenient delivery of goods or services. Is new technology transforming what Instacart could do and how it could efficiently operate for it to succeed? Or will it succumb to the same fate as that of its now-bust dot-com predecessors Webvan and Kozmo? (790 words)