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…

Consumer marketplace companies are hot—just look at all the ink being spilled on the recent IPOs of Uber and Lyft and the expected, upcoming listing of Airbnb. But we see plenty of other types of mark…

There is plenty of magic in the much-anticipated Harry Potter: Wizards Unite augmented reality (AR) game, which was publicly released today by Niantic*, Inc. and co-developed with WB Games, the latest…

Can you imagine life today without online, consumer marketplaces? For most people, at least those living in cities and suburbs, the answer is probably no. Think about it: We order food through Doordas…

“We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!”  ― Benjamin Franklin The phrase “software eating the world” is a common refrain in the tech industry, and Battery has…