We all face personal and work-related challenges that affect our emotional and mental states: relationship issues, conflict at home or work, addiction, sleep difficulties, trauma and grief are just a …
We all face personal and work-related challenges that affect our emotional and mental states: relationship issues, conflict at home or work, addiction, sleep difficulties, trauma and grief are just a …
Despite all the upheavals of 2020, shares of many technology companies—particularly online-marketplace businesses—have continued to shine. Over the past 12 months, as of Nov 8th, the Battery Marketpla…
In March 2019, consumer-marketplace businesses were on a tear. But some high-profile stumbles, including Uber and WeWork, dragged down our Battery Marketplace Index early in 2020 — and that was before…
Early last year, it was easy to see why so many investors plunked money into consumer-marketplace businesses, which connect buyers and sellers online. The Battery Marketplace Index, which tracks the s…
Darwinian change is coming for higher education. Even before Covid-19 hit, students and parents were questioning the skyrocketing cost of a traditional four-year degree. Now, with many universities an…
Even before COVID-19 upended the global economy in March, many consumer-marketplace businesses were facing a sort of reckoning. Too many of them had raised huge amounts of money from investors to fuel…
As Americans navigate the country’s reopening, China is well ahead. Chinese officials relaxed a strict lockdown on the city of Wuhan on April 8 and have reopened many businesses, like restaurant…
Last year, my firm launched an ambitious index for tracking the stocks of global consumer-marketplace companies—enterprises that connect buyers and sellers online. We looked forward to the growth of o…
It’s clear that education in the U.S. is still in dire straits. We spend more than most other developed countries on education, yet our students have fallen behind in academic success. Educators lack …
Over 40 million players from 200 countries participated in the event–drawing 19,000 fans to a sold-out stadium in New York City over the course of three days. The gathering drew 2.3 million conc…