Decoding the digital age
Why Fintech and Online Travel are on Different Growth Curves
New EMEA headcount data reveals a sharp divide between fintech and travel. The difference may reflect when each market made its decisive digital transition.
Decoding the digital age
Category Internet
The Attention Economy: Why Engagement Matters More Than Ever
As content becomes more abundant, attention becomes more valuable. We explore the dynamics of the attention economy.
Mobile App Monetization: How Apps Actually Make Money
Mobile app monetization is often reduced to ads, subscriptions, and in-app purchases. In practice, these models behave very differently. Understanding how they scale, where they break, and how they combine is key to building a sustainable app business.
The Great Online Poker Bust
In 2011 the US government abruptly shut down the world’s largest online poker sites, ending the internet’s first borderless digital economy and revealing how fragile global platforms can be.
The Product Management Revolution
Product management has quietly reshaped power in tech - changing decisions, framing data, shifting influence.
The Leaky Bucket
For over a decade, the app economy was defined by fast growth. Now retention is the key metric for many app companies.
The Quiet Power Behind AppLovin’s Rise
How an optimisation layer at the heart of mobile advertising became one of the most powerful businesses in the software industry.
Frozen Exits: Is Private Equity in Crisis?
Private equity was simple: buy, improve, sell. Now exits are the bottleneck - and the workarounds test valuation, liquidity, and trust.
The Interface Wars: OpenAI takes on Google
As the fight for dominance between AI-based web browsers and traditional search engines heats up, we examine the issues and implications.