Slack's humble beginnings as a feature within a game soon became a product with a cult-like following. Is its rapid growth a result of its platform for 3rd party enterprise SaaS integrations, and does that raise switching costs as the platform becomes the home base for the modern enterprise?
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SquadRun: Uprooting traditional BPO workforce by on-demand jobs
How does one convert people who are connected digitally and looking for freelance jobs into a high quality workforce? – by training and connecting them with e-commerce companies. Squadrun, a 5 year old start-up in India, is trying to create […]
Is Journalism Dead?
"The most shareable breaking news, original reporting, entertainment, and video" or making journalism stupider and stupider?
Fire Phone- Amazon’s $170 million Summer Fiasco
In October of 2014, Amazon reported a $170 million write off relating to the Amazon Fire Phone. This is the story of that epic failure.
23andMe: Current personal genomics market leader turned market loser?
Pivotal decision to not invest in new genetic technology to undercut 23andMe’s future position in the consumer genomics space
Legen…wait for it…dary…
With the rise of online, digital and social media marketing, it is incredibly and increasingly difficult to cut through the clutter and reach one’s target consumer. This is even more pronounced in the entertainment space, where the overall number of […]
NVIDIA: How to win the “GPU wars”
This blog attempts to explain the drivers behind NVIDIA's growth story.
Betterment: fintech finds a place among wealth managers
A leading independent robo-advisor demonstrates how technology can help democratize personal wealth management.
BlaBlaCar – Disrupting road travel by Trusted carpooling
BlaBlaCar – the RyanAir of Road – has built a community of 40 million users around trustworthy carpooling. Born in Paris and already proved its worth in Europe, BlaBlaCar is now expanding to emerging markets as it provides last minute travel options and cost savings for both riders and passengers. This blog highlights how BlaBlaCar has disrupted road travel.
Winner: Venmo – the next generation checking account
Venmo, the PayPal-owned peer-to-peer payments app, is one of the best-known and largest disruptive fintech companies.