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Latest episodes
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16 min
#40 Shopify's platform strategy
0:25 The Bulletin TikTok sale paused, Tesla buys Bitcoin, Microsoft/EU support pay for news, Bumble IPO and earnings (Twitter, Uber, Softbank & Affirm) 6:34 The Feature "Shopif…
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15 min
#39 The Bezos era of Amazon
0:30 The Bulletin Apple on Facebook and data privacy, earnings (Alphabet, Amazon, Alibaba, Snap, PayPal...) 5:32 The Feature "The Bezos era of Amazon" Links and images mentioned in…
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15 min
#38 Search, social and the news business
1:03 The Bulletin Stonks! (GameStop, Reddit & Robinhood), Ant Group’s ambitions reined in & earnings (Apple, Microsoft, Facebook & Tesla) 6:29 The Feature "Search, soci…
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11 min
#37 Is Tesla a platform?
0:34 The Bulletin Netflix, Intel & IBM earnings, and Google Search threatens to leave Australia 3:43 The Feature "Is Tesla a platform?" Links and images mentioned in the episod…
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14 min
#36 Social, regulation and moderation
1:04 - The Bulletin WhatsApp new terms, Parler disconnect & Airbnb cancels Washington guests 4:50 - The Feature Social, regulation and moderation Links…
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10 min
#35 Smartphones, platforms and neobanks
0:34 - The Bulletin De-platforming Trump, China tech drama & more 3:34 - The Feature Smartphones, platforms and neobanks Links and images mentioned in the episode are available in…
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7 min
News: Week 51
SolarWinds hack, the EU publishes proposed new laws for tech companies, and Apple's new privacy labels.
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13 min
DoorDash: how it dashed past Uber and won America
By going public, we get to see a detailed case study of the food delivery business model.
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8 min
News: Week 50
Airbnb & DoorDash IPOs pop, breaking up Facebook and Google Search 2020 in review.
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16 min
Google Pay, Plex and the future of banking
Big tech is building the new interface of banking, and bringing the banks along for the ride.
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11 min
News: Week 49
Salesforce confirms Slack deal, Zoom & Snowflake earnings, Stripe Treasury and Shopify beats out Amazon for Black Friday sales.
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10 min
Affirm
America’s horse in the buy now pay later race is going public
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8 min
News: Week 48
Salesforce eyes Slack acquisition, Musk overtakes Gates & is Microsoft spying on you?
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11 min
Airbnb, Inc.
A public recovery.
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10 min
News: Week 47
Airbnb, DoorDash & Affirm publish S-1s, Zuckerberg and Dorsey face the senate on election content moderation and Twitter launches ‘Fleets’.
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7 min
An ode to operations
For the likes of Amazon, Uber and Airbnb, the biggest problems to solve are human, not software.
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7 min
News: Week 46
Another Apple event, Lyft turns to food delivery and the market reacts to progress on a vaccine.
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9 min
Twitter’s unfulfilled potential
Now may be the time for Twitter to test new business models.
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7 min
News: Week 45
Ant’s IPO suspended, Uber drivers are not employees and tech earnings from Square, PayPal & Peloton.
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9 min
Ant Group
What the West can learn from the biggest fintech on Earth.