Udemy Business Model and Revenue Model Explained
Anuraag Jain
Conclusion Udemy’s revenue model was never one thing. It’s a marketplace and a subscription business stitched together, with a commission structure that rewards different behaviors very differently, and a strategic pivot that proved harder to execute than expected in the short term. The merger with …
How to Solve the Chicken-and-Egg Problem in Food Delivery
Sushmeet Setia
Conclusion The chicken-and-egg problem in food delivery isn’t solved by a clever trick or a bigger ad budget. It’s solved by sequencing: pick the hardest side, or shortcut it with an existing asset, go narrow, give one side a reason to join alone, and subsidize …
TikTok’s Biggest Feature Additions: How They Changed TikTok
Sachin Sharma
Conclusion TikTok’s growth was not driven by one viral feature. It came from adding the right feature at the right time and solving the next problem as the platform grew. The For You Page made discovery easier, Duet and Stitch encouraged participation, LIVE and creator …
Why OFTV Failed to Fully Solve OnlyFans’ Discovery Problem
Conclusion Looking back, OFTV wasn’t a bad idea. It gave fans a free way to discover some creators and gave OnlyFans another route to reach audiences outside its main platform. But it didn’t solve the bigger issue: discovery still happened outside the core OnlyFans experience. …
Why Live Trading Card Marketplaces are Attracting Investors
Ayan Khan
A live trading card marketplace looks, on the surface, like a hobby app. Someone opens a pack on camera, a bidding war breaks out in the chat, and a card sells for more than it would on a static listing page. What that surface hides …
Top AI Automation Use Cases for Car Rental Apps
Top AI Automation Use Cases for Car Rental Apps Renting a car in 2026 is no longer a counter transaction. It is a data transaction that happens to end with a set of keys, or increasingly, no physical key at all. Every booking, price change, …
ShortMax Business Model – Everything a Founder Needs to Know
A few years ago, vertical dramas were a niche format. Today, they’re one of the fastest-growing categories in mobile entertainment, attracting millions of viewers who prefer quick, mobile-first storytelling over traditional TV formats. Few platforms have grown as quickly as ShortMax. Its combination of cliffhanger …
Airbnb Wants to Be the Amazon of Services: How to Build One
Brian Chesky didn’t call it a “pivot.” He called it inevitable. During a recent CNBC interview, Airbnb’s CEO said the company could eventually support “dozens, possibly even hundreds of categories,” describing his vision of building “an Amazon for services” focused on traveling and living. This …
How to Build a Recommendation System Without Millions of Videos
Building a recommendation system for a short-video app, social media app, or creator platform doesn’t require millions of videos or a massive AI team. Yet most guides focus on enterprise-scale architectures built for platforms like TikTok and YouTube, making them impractical for startups. The real …
Why Bigo Live Keeps Growing While Streaming Apps Decline
Conclusion Bigo Live keeps growing because it has built more than streaming technology. It has created a real-time marketplace in which creators receive income and recognition, viewers receive participation and status, agencies support creator supply, algorithms distribute attention, and virtual gifts convert interaction into …
