How Jio Rewired a Billion-Person Market
The giveaway that shrank India's telecom market is now heading for a record IPO
Kodak Invented the Digital Camera and Buried It
In 1981 Kodak's own study predicted its decline. Why foresight was not enough, and how incentives stop companies from cannibalizing a cash cow.
The $20 Billion Deal That Died
Adobe's $20 billion Figma deal died and Figma kept a $1 billion breakup fee. What made Figma hard to copy, and how the deal…
How Zoom Was Supposed to Lose
Skype had a decade's lead in video calls. Eric Yuan left Cisco and built Zoom anyway. How a late entrant still won the category.
How Spotify Beat Piracy
Spotify's real innovation was who owned a piece of it. How bringing record labels on board and a free tier let Spotify beat piracy.
Netflix Killing Blockbuster Was Not an Accident
Netflix was tiny and Blockbuster had 9,000 stores. How Netflix kept stacking moves while Blockbuster's own profits and politics held it back.
How Canva Beat Adobe
Adobe had a 30-year head start. Canva built for people who are not designers and grew into a company worth about $100 billion.
Blackberry’s Slow Death
BlackBerry once had 85 million subscribers and a $70 billion valuation. The business lesson inside its slow decline.
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