Case Study: A platform for inventors to pitch their ideas and see their vision come to life sounds fantastic – or does it?
The case study today is quite an interesting one. Imagine I tell you to think about combining Kickstarter and Takealot, what comes to mind?
So Quirky was something between the two. It was launched in 2009 as a crowdsourcing company that focused on making invention possible for entrepreneurs through means of crowdsourcing and manufacturing.
Case Study: The flaw in the system for Call9 – but is value-based care the way forward?
How would you feel about the option to see a doctor and only pay according to the outcome of the visit or how satisfied you feel? I am sure many of us might vote a huge ‘YES’ right now.
But there is so much more to this concept.
Case Study: The story of Jawbone and how a once-successful startup joined the list of failed startups
With three successful hits in the wireless technology space, a company worth billions and growing rapidly, it was by all means a successful startup – until it lost momentum.
So what went wrong?
Case Study: The on-demand Economy Pitfalls for Startups & How Rapid Growth Killed Homejoy
When I stayed in Johannesburg my parents lived in Pretoria and as a student, I often headed home at 1 pm after my compulsory Friday morning shifts as a student nurse those days. It was roughly 60km that I had to travel but I never arrived before 4 pm. In my baby blue 1990 Toyota Conquest with only 4 gears and no air conditioner. I used to crank up some Mika and Nickleback on the CD player to kill time on the road and ignore the cramping in my left leg on the clutch control.
Case Study – How one startup denied its way into the startup grave.
Let me take you back 4 years ago to just before Covid. There was a well-known filmmaker by the name of Jeffrey Katzenberg who had an impressive career behind him. Among other things, he worked in Disney’s animation department on projects like Aladdin, the Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast. He was also one of the co-founders of Dreamworks with Disney. A successful career by all means. He came up with the idea of a streaming app called Quibi where people could watch movies directly on their phones.
Case Study: Finding a Problem-Solution Fit in Your Startup & the Netflix that Never Was
Let me take you back 4 years ago to just before Covid. There was a well-known filmmaker by the name of Jeffrey Katzenberg who had an impressive career behind him. Among other things, he worked in Disney’s animation department on projects like Aladdin, the Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast. He was also one of the co-founders of Dreamworks with Disney. A successful career by all means. He came up with the idea of a streaming app called Quibi where people could watch movies directly on their phones.
Case Study: Why NOW is the time for startups to succeed – and why UBER SA is failing
If you’re feeling lazy to read today, I’ll give it to you straight away. Startups are not bogged down by a million policies, processes, and red tape. Generally speaking, entrepreneurs are your early adopters and are much more likely to incorporate changes such as digital transformation (think A.I) into their businesses. The case study I’m using is UBER and why it is failing hard in South Africa right now.