East Meets West | Ryan Rodenbaugh | Substack

Demystifying Super Apps by looking at their history, common characteristics of existing ones, why they aren't prevalent in the West, and how that could change.

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Coupang: 2021’s largest US IPO (so far) and a big win for Masayoshi Son

Ryan Rodenbaugh

Mar 22, 2021

Bytedance adds payments and sues Tencent, follow-ups on Tencent Music, and Clubhouse looks East in more ways than one

Ryan Rodenbaugh

Feb 7, 2021

The case for Cash App as a 'Super App'

Ryan Rodenbaugh

Jan 17, 2021

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…

Ryan Rodenbaugh

Dec 6, 2020

Poor financial controls, bubbles, and a $40bn Ant Group competitor

Ryan Rodenbaugh

Nov 15, 2020

Tencent Music is a lot more than “the Spotify of China”

Ryan Rodenbaugh

Oct 25, 2020

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…

Ryan Rodenbaugh

Oct 4, 2020

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