Thanks a billion!

by | Oct 5, 2021 | Links

At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Today, we’re celebrating that mission and our global TikTok community. More than 1 billion people around the world now come to TikTok every month to be entertained as they learn, laugh, or discover...

Introducing the Great American “Super App”

by | Oct 4, 2021 | Links

While much has been written about the rise in fintech innovation, it’s the steps taken by at-scale commerce platforms (Square’s acquisition of Afterpay, PayPal’s recent acquisition spree, and Apple’s continued foray into financial services) that frame a broader trend....

So You Want to Compete with Roblox

by | Oct 1, 2021 | Links

As Mark Twain never said, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. I used to get so many pitches from startups eager to knock PC gaming powerhouse Steam off its block, that in 2018 I wrote one big standard response called So You Want to Compete with...

What’s behind the Shopify Effect

by | Sep 30, 2021 | Links

Each year, Shopify releases a report with Deloitte called our Economic Impact Report, in order to highlight and celebrate some bigger-picture impacts of Shopify merchants around the world. Link:...