An unlikely marriage where both sides win
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The original cloud kitchen, ten years before it was cool
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How Amazon Marketplace works, how Thrasio built a unicorn, the platform risk associated with the strategy, and regulation concerns.
Book review of The End of Accounting: there are four problems with current financial statements and intangible assets are the biggest reason why.
Why subscription hardware is better than hardware, the cross-selling opportunity, how Mirror could lead to a connected home, and why Mirror is a call option for Lululemon.
What GPT-3 is, GPT-3's capabilities, if GPT-3 will replace jobs, and how it affects social media.
A layman’s guide to bankruptcy
A look inside the S-1 of Wish. Included is the background of Wish, a look at their margins, how the universal postal union is changing their cost structure, how their CAC is rising and if they are viable long-term.
Many schools have closed, representing a unique opportunity to buy school bus operators. With a strong moat, now might be the right time to buy.
Substack can't decide if it's a CMS or a media brand. Neither could Medium. Their indecision will likely lead to similar outcomes.
Candidates earn jobs by putting in more work than their competition
A history of stock market exchanges: from fragmentation to monopoly, monopoly to fragmentation and back again.
In China, livestreaming has changed eCommerce. Learn about how it works, what the hosts do during the steam, and how it could impact American eCommerce.
What is the Cash Conversion Cycle and why is it useful? In this post, we discuss the Cash Conversion Cycle formula, an example calculation, and a comparison of public retailer IPOs.
Chegg grew their stock price from under $10 to over $85. They did it by changing their business model from the ground up and investing in digital media content.
The brand couldn’t compete against Amazon, but the acquihire was worth it for Walmart
The difference between a contractor and an employee, what Uber's existing business looks like and how AB5 will impact their financials.
Taking a look at the best companies deep dives of the past year, including posts on Fiverr/Upwork, Carta, Tyler Corporation, CostCo and more
A review of the Q2 earnings: growth in digital subscriptions, a fall in advertising, and a decline in APRU due to long-term investing.
A three-sided marketplace to bring specialty retail to the internet
The history of cloud computing, how DevOps and Observability became so big, and the fate of Datadog
The largest IPO in history is happening in China with Ant Financial. In this post, we discuss all the services Ant Financial provides and what to expect in the future from Ant.
