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Big business: America’s corporate giants are getting harder to topple
Why America’s corporate giants are surprisingly impervious to disruption. Incumbents from Walmart to General Motors are fighting back against disr... (2023)
Italy’s beaches are a battleground of the European economy
The politics of beach concessions boil over | Europe (2023)
Sony's Deal With Microsoft Blindsided Its Own PlayStation Team - Bloomberg
Decision to partner with Microsoft stunned PlayStation staff. Talks on cloud gaming pact have been underway since last year When Sony Corp. unv... (2019)
How Twitter Became Ubiquitous in Japan - Bloomberg (2019)
Rising ad dollars from Japan has bolstered the company’s total revenue Now, five years after Sasamoto joined, Japan is Twitter's second-largest ... (2019)
YouTube Bows Out of Hollywood Arms Race With Netflix and Amazon - Bloomberg
Google video unit is said to cancel plans for high-end series Executive Susanne Daniels is said to be looking to move on (2019)
Why big tech should fear Europe - The future of big tech - The Economist
“THE BIRTHDAY of a new world is at hand.” Ever since Thomas Paine penned those words in 1776, America has seen itself as the land of the new—and Eu... (2019)
Cornerstone - Acquisition of Grovo | Business Wire
Cornerstone announces the acquisition of Grovo, the global leader in micro-learning content. (2019)
Microsoft, Facebook, trust and privacy — 2019 - Benedict Evans
There are strong parallels between organised abuse of Facebook and FB’s attempts to respond, in the last 24 months, and malware on Windows and Offi... (2019)
Timeline - Time to Play Fair - Spotify vs. Apple
Apple’s behavior isn’t new. In fact, there are countless times over the years that demonstrate that they don’t play fair. (2019)
Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger - The New York Times
Facebook’s chief executive has asserted control over its sprawling divisions and mandated the social network’s messaging services be knitted together. (2019)
Inside Yelp’s Six-Year Grudge Against Google - The New York Times
Once courted, then spurned, the smaller rival sought revenge for years. Now Europe’s regulators give it reason to cheer. (2019)
16 Ways to Measure Network Effects – Andreessen Horowitz
Network effects are one of the most important dynamics in software and marketplace businesses. But they’re often spoken of in a binary way: either ... (2018)
Amazon’s Grocery Push Keeps Stumbling After Whole Foods Purchase - 2018 - Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. continues to struggle in the $840 billion grocery market, more than a year after it spooked the industry with the $13.7 billion acq... (2018)
Opinion | The Monopolization of America - The New York Times
In one industry after another, big companies have become more dominant over the past 15 years, new data show. (2018)
HBO will lead AT&T’s challenge to Netflix - Game of phones - The Economist
IN LATE 2012, just before the release of “House of Cards”, Ted Sarandos, chief content officer of Netflix, declared: “The goal is to become HBO fas... (2018)
Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market - The New York Times
The online retailer is moving aggressively into digital advertising, emerging as a major competitor to Google and Facebook. (2018)
Amazon’s Ripple Effect on Grocery Industry: Rivals Stock Up on Start-Ups - The New York Times
Since the Whole Foods sale a year ago, traditional grocers have agreed to a variety of deals and partnerships. The latest investment is a Japanese ... (2018)
The $29 billion battle to own how America sleeps is heating up || Fast Company
Casper has snagged a whopping $249.5 million in VC funding. But Saatva and Amerisleep believe there is value in slower, self-funded growth. Who wil... (2018)
Shopping for Health Care Simply Doesn’t Work. So What Might? - The New York Times
It’s often too complicated. And even when it isn’t, almost no one does it. (2018)
Goodbye HipChat: Slack and Atlassian Team Up on Chat Software - Bloomberg
Stewart Butterfield’s startup will subsume Atlassian’s corporate chat tools to take on Microsoft. (2018)
Netflix is moving television beyond time-slots and national markets - The Economist
The television will be revolutionised IN THE heyday of the talkie, Louis B. Mayer, head of the biggest studio, was Hollywood’s lion king. In the... (2018)
Can Netflix please investors and still avoid the techlash? - The Economist
BIG technology firms elicit extreme and conflicting reactions. Investors love them for their stellar growth and vast ambition: the FAANG group of t... (2018)
Bye, Chrome: Why I’m switching to Firefox and you should too - FastCoDesign
The time has come. "Google already runs a lot of my online life–it’s my email, my calendar, my go-to map, and all my documents. I use Duck Du... (2018)
It’s official: Ikea is no longer just a furniture company
Ikea is partnering with Adidas, Lego, and Sonos to sell you <em>everything</em>. (2018)
Uber may try to buy bike-share company Motivate, which already has an offer from Lyft - Axios
Lyft has already made an offer. (2018)
American tech giants are making life tough for startups - Into the danger zone
IT IS a classic startup story, but with a twist. Three 20-somethings launched a firm out of a dorm room at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog... (2018)
The Uber Model, It Turns Out, Doesn’t Translate - The New York Times
The ride-hailing service is a giant, but companies that aim to get stuff done on demand for customers, like food delivery, grocery shopping and par... (2018)
IBM vs Microsoft: Two Tech Giants, Two Blockchain Visions - CoinDesk
How two established tech firms are taking different directions when it comes to their blockchain-as-a-service offerings. (2017)
Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google - Bloomberg
Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn’t have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming cod... (2018)
How Amazon’s Bottomless Appetite Became Corporate America’s Nightmare | Bloomberg
CEOs may grumble about wages, shareholders, and Washington, but they should truly fear Jeff Bezos’s sprawling empire. (2018)
What The Prisoner's Dilemma Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma. (2024)
How Kmart Went From Beating Walmart And Target To Bankruptcy - CNBC
In October 2018, Kmart's parent company, Sears Holdings, filed for bankruptcy. Kmart first filed for bankruptcy in 2002, making this its second tim... (2018)
Why Netflix Is Struggling In India - CNBC
Netflix has 137 million subscribers and a majority of them are international. But the streaming giant is still struggling to break into India, the ... (2018)
TEDed - What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-tragedy-of-the-commons-nicholas-amendolare... (2018)
TEDed - Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan
Game Theory, Nash Equilibrium and ‘Socially Optimal Solutions’ (S.O.S.) (2018)
How to Win with Game Theory & Defeat Smart Opponents | Kevin Zollman
If you want to win, it's best to think crazy like a fox. Nobody knows this better than Kevin Zollman — a nationally recognized expert in game theor... (2018)
Game Theory Session 2: The Hofstadter Offer
2nd of a 15 part series introducing the social dynamics of game theory found in the book Moral Calculations: Game Theory, Logic and Human Frailty. ... (2018)
Game Theory Session 1: The Dollar Auction, Concorde Fallacy & MacBeth Effect
1st of a 15 part series introducing the social dynamics of game theory found in the book Moral Calculations: Game Theory, Logic and Human Frailty. ... (2018)
The Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma and The Evolution of Cooperation
The iterated prisoner's dilemma is just like the regular game except you play it multiple times with an opponent and add up the scores. But it can ... (2018)
The Prisoner's Dilemma
The prisoners dilemma is a hypothetical game set up showing a situation where people won't want to work together even when it's beneficial to do so... (2018)
Game Theory and Oligopoly: Crash Course Economics #26
Would you like to play a game, Dr. Falken? Actually, this episode isn't really about games, or Matthew Broderick, or Thermonuclear War. But enough ... (2018)
How ski warfare created biathlon
It all started as a military exercise in Norway. We interviewed a sports expert about the truth behind "mind over matter"... (2018)
Passing FUNDAMENTALS - How to PASS Volleyball Tutorial (part 1/6)
Elevate Yourself Published on Dec 16, 2015 Learn the fundamentals of passing a volleyball with details about an effective ready position, platf... (2018)
Setting Passes OFF The Net - How to SET a Volleyball Tutorial (part 4/5)
Elevate Yourself Published on Jan 28, 2016 Learn how to set passes that are off the net! These videos will teach the fundamentals of how to set ... (2018)
Setting FUNDAMENTALS - How to SET Volleyball Tutorial (part 1/5)
Elevate Yourself Published on Nov 9, 2015 Learn the fundamentals of how to set a volleyball by learning the proper stance, hand formation, and re... (2018)
Arm Swing Mechanics : Top Spin + Solid Contact (part 2/2) - How to SPIKE a Volleyball Tutorial
Elevate Yourself Published on Jan 3, 2016 Learn how to generate top spin on the ball with solid contact. This video will teach you proper spiking... (2018)
Arm Swing Mechanics : 3 Motions (part 1/2) - How to SPIKE a Volleyball Tutorial
Elevate Yourself Published on Jan 1, 2016 Learn a simple and effective arm swing technique that will maximize your power and control when spiki... (2018)
Improve Spiking TIMING (part 2/2) - How to SPIKE a Volleyball Tutorial
Elevate Yourself Published on Feb 3, 2016 This video is about how to spike with better timing in volleyball. Learn how to improve your spiking... (2018)
Winter sports are facing many challenges. Can they survive? | The Economist
The Economist Published on Feb 8, 2018 The 2018 Winter Olympics will see athletes from a record-breaking 92 countries compete in Pyeongchang, S... (2018)
The difference between winning and succeeding | John Wooden
TED Published on Mar 26, 2009 With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. I... (2018)
Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel | Stanford "How to Start a Startup"
Y Combinator Published on Mar 22, 2017 Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal and Palantir, discusses business strategy and monopoly theory in "Competi... (2018)
Google advertising lawsuit: The New Vampire Squid? With Dina Srinivasan - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
In a Wall Street Journal article about Google’s Secret ‘Project Bernanke,’ Jeff Horwitz and Keach Hagey quoted Google Chief Economist Hal Varian's ... (2023)
Babbage: Apple's Epic battle - The Economist | Podcast
Babbage from Economist Radio on Spotify. This week a judge heard the first arguments in an antitrust case that could reshape the software ecosy... (2020)
Family-Friendly Disney | Exponent podcast
Ben and James discuss Disney’s recent announcements on streaming and what it says about not just TV but strategy broadly in the Internet era. (2019)
Platforms Versus Aggregators | Exponent podcast - Episode 152
Ben and James continue to discuss the differences between platforms and aggregators, including Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon,... (2019)
a16z Podcast: Who’s Down with CPG, DTC? (And Micro-Brands Too?)
with Ryan Caldbeck, Jeff Jordan, and Sonal Chokshi (2019)
Tesla and the Nature of Disruption by a16z on SoundCloud
Stream a16z Podcast: Tesla and the Nature of Disruption by a16z from desktop or your mobile device (2018)
What's at the Core of the Latest Apple Announcement? - 2018 - a16z Podcast
Stream a16z Podcast: What's at the Core of the Latest Apple Announcement? by a16z from desktop or your mobile device (2018)
The End of Competitive Advantage (book) - Rita Gunther McGrath - Harvard Business Review
How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business - book by Rita Gunther McGrath, and Alex Gourlay Publication Date: June 04, 2013 Ar... (2019)
Corporate L&D Market
(2018)
Online Learning - providers, analysis - Google Sheets
How much can teachers earn on various teaching LMS platforms? Analysis of Udemy, Teachable, Kajabi, Podia, LinkedIn Learning, Lynda, Skillshare, P... (2019)