2022-12-08
How was this not done YEARS ago? Waze is a cartoon product that tells you you're in “heavy traffic” several minutes into said heavy traffic. https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Google plans to merge Waze's 500+ employees into its Maps group starting on December 9; Waze will remain a standalone service but CEO Neha Parikh plans to leave
Search giant to keep navigation apps separate, says no layoffs are planned — How Google Remapped the World: The Tech Behind
2021-08-18
“Amazon captures 41 cents of every dollar spent online in the United States” https://www.google.com/...
New York Times
Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the world's top retail seller outside China; FactSet says people spent $610B+ on Amazon in the 12 months ending in June
Proof that the online future has arrived: The biggest e-commerce company outside China has unseated the biggest brick-and-mortar seller.
2021-06-19
“When Netflix sold its stock in 2009, it claimed a $1.7 million gain on a $6 million investment. If Netflix had held, its stake would be worth nearly $7 billion today.” https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
How Roku beat larger companies by focusing on distribution, as it pivots to focus on original programming with plans to spend $1B on content next year
- Roku has out-executed larger companies and leaned on an unusual corporate culture to gain a $45 billion valuation.
2019-12-25
A hell of a lot more than a “fantasy sports company” https://twitter.com/...
Axios
DraftKings to go public via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company and SBTech sports betting tech platform, targeting a $3.3B valuation
Dan Primack / Axios :
2019-12-24
A hell of a lot more than a “fantasy sports company” https://twitter.com/...
Axios
DraftKings to go public via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company and SBTech sports betting tech platform, targeting a $3.3B valuation
Dan Primack / Axios :