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- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
users grow. Most of our users are nontechnical, and they weren't really part of the tech community until they discovered Bubble. Bubble is a way for them to get into the space,... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
transition, including AOL, PopSugar, and Time, Inc. In the six years since she joined the company, Reddit’s balanced approach has paid off. Today more than 82 million users come to the site daily for advice and View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
and the ability to sift through the answers quickly, filtering potential dates by characteristics like age or location. Later came the algorithms, which used the information provided to predict the best matches, automatically showing View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
backing from Bling Capital, DCM, and Precursor Ventures. Saga grew its initial customer base during the pandemic as families searched for ways to stay connected across the distance, Lin says. Through the app, a user can share weekly... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
Prestige brands can expand their reach—and make their core customers proud
“Brand extensions and new users are not by definition a threat to exclusive brands,” Keinan says. “But it is essential to understand and manage the perceptions and reactions of core customers to these new products and their buyers.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets
examples of businesses that use Feng shui. Two high-profile users are the Hong Kong Bank, the largest and most successful bank in Hong Kong, and the Marks & Spencer stores, probably the most successful supermarket and department store... View Details
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Book Smart
Worldreader was quickly a success story in the global south, amassing more than 2 million users in just five years. Global figures continued to climb but, in the spring of 2020, when schools across the United States were closed due to the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
learning, as well as credibility. They’ll push you to do different things, make you create new product capabilities, and pay for the coding. When smaller users visit your site and see that Gigundus Industries uses your services, it will... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
States, because we’ve brought all of the tools we’ve built to connect with underserved communities around the globe to populations right here, in our own backyard,” notes Risher. Thus far, Worldreader has reached 19 million readers in 48... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
innovation, reflecting advances over the last several decades. The contributors offer theoretical and empirical perspectives from economics, the history of science and technology, law, management, and policy. After discussing the fundamentals of View Details
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
we had some runway.” With Caribu, users can see and hear each other like in a traditional video call, but they can also read, draw, sing, or cook together using the in-app library full of age appropriate content and activities. Both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
mandate requires that the spectrum’s users satisfy the communication needs of the public. In recent decades, the FCC has interpreted this mandate, in the context of the radio and television industries, as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
expatriate employees ride them. By comparison, through the Go-Jek app a user could now summon a ride in seconds just as a New Yorker could summon an Uber. Routes were traceable, fares were calculated transparently, and passengers could... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
moderate-income consumers, D2D develops and supports innovative new products and policies that make it easier for people to save. Among its many initiatives, D2D offers individuals and organizations (private employers, the military, View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Skydeck: Reddit’s Rise
my job.” Since Wong became COO in 2018, revenues at Reddit have grown from $100 million to $800 million; the company went public in March 2024 at a valuation of $6.5 billion. More than 82 million users come to Reddit daily for advice and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
airline ticket, or renewing a car registration - users activate their wallets, which then enter credit card, billing, and shipping information onto a point-of-sale form with a single click. But even the most basic wallet doesn't stop... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
remain a 'reseller,' taking inventory of products from users and reselling them to wholesalers. This means its advantage can only come from scale. The problem then is that Gazelle's direct-to-consumer approach on its buy side places it at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
Hsieh, and Lyft founder John Zimmer, centers around a team-based curriculum. To date, DU has nearly 500 alumni from 50 countries, with more than 250 startups created, including a medical device company, an apartment listings app, and an exchange for View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
agreed to visit eBay merely to appease a headhunter with whom she had a good relationship. At the end of her day of interviews, she signed on as CEO. “Over the years I had learned that great consumer brands have two attributes: differentiated features and emotional... View Details