This week’s podcast is about the struggle of companies like Grab, Dingdong, Meituan, Didi, GoJek and iFood to reach operating profits. You can listen to this podcast here, which has the slides and graphics mentioned. Also available at iTunes and Google Podcasts. Here is the link to the TechMoat Consulting. Here is the link to the China Tech Tour. —— […]
This week’s podcast is Grab’s growth initiatives, which are critical for getting to operating profits. They also provide a case for talking about core vs. adjacency growth. You can listen to this podcast here, which has the slides and graphics mentioned. Also available at iTunes and Google Podcasts. Grab’s compelling growth initiatives include: New Services for Consumers GrabUnlimited […]
Newly public Grab has recently had an investors day (September 2022), with lots of presentations by CEO Anthony Tan, COO Alex Hungate and others. It was quite good and had a surprising amount of detail. I went through the slides and found what I think are the important take-aways. In this and the next article […]
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg released a memo on “privacy-focused messaging and social networking” – and charted a new direction for Facebook. In theory, the memo had some big implications. It looked like the first move in a strategy to turn Facebook into a much larger and even more powerful company. From very big to ridiculously […]
In Part 1, I went through the basics of newly public Grab. It’s one of the first tech unicorns of Southeast and it’s an interesting combination of a mobility and a food delivery platform. At first pass, we could represent it this way. You can see a marketplace platform for mobility services, which is where […]
This week’s podcast is about Southeast Asian tech giant Grab, its impressive execution and its chronic unprofitability: You can listen to this podcast here or at iTunes and Google Podcasts. Here is my new book: Moats and Marathons (Part 1): How to Build and Measure Competitive Advantage in Digital Businesses Kindle Edition —–- Related articles: Grab […]
Southeast Asia unicorn Grab is now public via a SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp. The company trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “GRAB”. This is a really interesting company. There is a tremendous amount to like about its business. It has 2-3 platform business models that have strong-to-dominant positions in SE Asia: […]
In this class, we go through 6 digital superpowers, which is a simple high-level checklist for when digital tools can significantly change the competitive dynamics of a business. You can listen here or at iTunes, Google Podcasts and Himalaya. Which of the 6 Digital Superpowers does the company have? If any. Dramatically transform the […]
In this class, I go through some of the basics of Grab, GoJek and Lazada. And the different approaches for capturing local services in SE Asia. You can listen here or at iTunes, Google Podcasts and Himalaya. Which are the most important 1-2 factors for the competition in SE Asia services? Consumer engagement and […]