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Spotify – Free foundation

Reply to this post           Apple Music still making no dent. Spotify has crossed 60m paid users and while its absolute level of growth is slowing...

Indian e-commerce – Road to ruin.

Reply to this post           The only likely winner in India is now Amazon. Snapdeal has ended merger discussions with Flipkart in a move that, I...

Amazon & Baidu Q2 17A – Back to basics

Reply to this post           Amazon and Baidu get back to what they do best. Amazon – Not making money Amazon reported disappointing results and guided...

Facebook Q2 17A – Cash community

Reply to this post           Community is about cash generation. Facebook reported another set of excellent results and laid out pretty concrete plans of how it...

Alphabet – Other people’s money

Reply to this post           Core businesses showing signs of maturity. Alphabet reported good Q2 17A results but the fact that it has having to share...

Uber vs. everyone – Colonial times

Reply to this post           Uber’s dreams of colonisation are slipping away. First Uber lost China, then Russia and now it looks as if South East...

Blue Apron – Size 12s.

Reply to this post           Amazon’s size 12s causes dismay for Blue Apron and Hello Fresh. The saga of Blue Apron is rapidly becoming a horror...

Uber & Yandex – Russia on top.

Reply to this post           Uber bails from another fight it was not going to win. Yandex and Uber are merging their ride hailing businesses in...

SoundCloud – Clouds of red

Reply to this post           Management does not have the luxury of choice. Poor monetisation strategy and a lack of fiscal discipline is likely to ensure...

Snap – Valuation snaps pt. II.

Reply to this post           Twitter remains by far the better choice Reality is beginning to set in for Snap Inc. but I think that the...