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The Coupang IPO
Coupang: 2021’s largest US IPO (so far) and a big win for Masayoshi Son
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
EMW Shorts #1
Bytedance adds payments and sues Tencent, follow-ups on Tencent Music, and Clubhouse looks East in more ways than one
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
The Case for Cash App as a Super App (Aspiring Super Apps #2)
The case for Cash App as a 'Super App'
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
NetEase: Videogames and Pigs
Before Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) and Jack Ma, there was Ding Lei. By 2003, at 32 years old, he was China’s first internet billionaire and (for a time) the…
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
China's P2P Bubble and Lufax
Poor financial controls, bubbles, and a $40bn Ant Group competitor
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
Tencent Music and the Future of Spotify
Tencent Music is a lot more than “the Spotify of China”
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
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Understanding Ant Group
As Ant Group gears up for potentially the world's largest-ever IPO, people are wondering WTF the company does. I read it's 600-page S1 and break it down…
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Ryan Rodenbaugh
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