Will a tidal wave of decentralised marketplaces disrupt the behemoth? The sharing economy was one the great inventions of the internet. A population of marketplaces, that enabled a connection between buyers and sellers of goods or services that was never before possible. For instance, before Uber came to London, the famous Black Cab service was […]
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Apr
Apr
Tesla’s current market cap makes it the most valuable automobile company in the world. By that metric it is 3 times the size of Toyota and 4 times the size of Volkswagen. If we consider Tesla’s relatively limited manufacturing scale, the valuation simply doesn’t make any sense in present day terms. With regards to revenue […]
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A ‘bubble’ is a scary term. It speaks of mania followed by a cataclysmic doom. When the dotcom bubble burst in the late 2000’s, the Nasdaq entered a 2 year downward turn that would wipe 80% of the index value. An utter blood bath. In the aftermath, it was understood that analysts had focused on […]
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Mar
Imagine you stepped in a time machine, spun around a few times, and stepped out of the contraption into 1998. It seems like only yesterday. I was gawky, undersized 6 Year old. It was the year of the Football World Cup, the first one I remember. ‘Le Bleus’, led by ‘Zizou’ brought France their first […]
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Look upon the Mona Lisa. Before her gaze, you will sense enigma that has kindled legend. Today, she lives in the Louvre Museum in Paris and attracts millions of visitors a year. She is utterly priceless. How many times do you think she has been refashioned by other artists in the years since the original […]