Can Shopify Compete With Amazon Without Becoming Amazon?
A profile of the online commerce platform.
How the Most Hyped U.S. Oil Merger in a Decade Went Bust
The story of a huge oil deal where things quickly got very sticky.
Intel Problems
An asssessment of five significant problems facing Intel, and two potential solutions.
Lavish Parties, Greedy Pols and Panic Rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ Collapsed
The story of MedMen, a buzzy US cannabis startup that ran into trouble.
The Work-From-Home Trader Who Shook Global Markets
The story of the trader who’d made large sums trading from home in West London only to contribute to the 2010 “Flash Crash”, when a trillion dollars was wiped off the world’s stock markets in the course of a few minutes.
Monzo wanted to conquer America, then along came coronavirus
The story of Monzo’s attempts to crack the US market, and it’s market position in the era of covid-19.
When SimCity Got Serious: The Story of Maxis Business Simulations
The extraordinary story of how SimCity’s makers created business strategy simulation games for clients.
‘I Could Solve Most of Your Problems’: Eric Schmidt’s Pentagon Offensive
A look at the former Google CEO’s engagement with the US military.
‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+
The author’s time spent bingeing on Disney+ provides the perfect backdrop for this study of the company’s canon, their ‘mission’, and their corporate fortunes.