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.
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.
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.
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.