Pivots, reinventions and changes that made a meaningful difference.
The full archive, in the appBanned in Nigeria for seven months over a deleted tweet, Twitter agreed to register locally, pay taxes, and train moderators to restore access in 2022.
Read the caseIts retail analytics business capped, StellaService sold that unit to PowerReviews and pivoted fully to real-time feedback platform Stella Connect.
Read the caseWhen Covid-19 delayed MLB, Eleven Sports Taiwan English-commentated the CPBL on Twitter, drawing over 5M views in five games from fans worldwide.
Read the caseWhen shelter-in-place orders crashed its restaurant business, Cheetah relaunched as contactless consumer delivery and hit a $1M monthly run rate in eight weeks.
Read the caseFacing a March 4 closure after years of lawsuits, UpCounsel was bought by Enduring Ventures, a holding firm founded by a former customer.
Read the caseTired of being a landlord to startup tenants, Powerhouse's founder turned the Oakland incubator into a matchmaking firm, then launched a venture fund.
Read the caseSony-owned anime platform priced Indian subscriptions at 94 cents/month to crack a piracy-dominated market, reaching 46,000 mobile MAU in under two years.
Read the caseGoogle's AI flood forecasting enabled GiveDirectly to send cash before floods hit, flipping the humanitarian model from reactive to proactive.
Read the caseAfter three years and SEK 51B of losses, the new CEO accelerated cost programs, kept the cash from the 2002 rights issue, and banked SEK 19B profit in 2004.
Read the caseBolt entered Nigeria in 2016 and captured 60% market share by subsidizing rides and undercutting rivals, maintaining dominance despite reports of assault
Read the caseAmazon built Delivery Premier League, a 30-day cricket-scored competition for Flex riders, to stop Diwali attrition in India
Read the caseDenver startup eliminated expense reports with purpose-built debit cards, raising $5M and onboarding 100+ companies across 14 countries
Read the caseUber's 2019 IPO fell 8.5% day one because it lacked the profitability that protected Facebook and Alphabet post-IPO.
Read the caseGrassroots Mexican women built unauthorized Shein boutiques across low-income areas, turning the e-commerce model into a 60%-margin distribution system
Read the caseRoblox leveraged pandemic-driven engagement growth to file for a direct listing at a $4B+ valuation, despite losses tripling as user hours surged 171%
Read the caseA bored startup worker's meme account became Indonesia's go-to tech gossip platform with 168K followers and mainstream media influence
Read the caseChipotle's Cultivate Foundation ran a non-equity accelerator offering mentorship and credibility, with startups valuing long-term partnerships over fast exits
Read the caseThe new chairman sold Colombia and Malaysia, franchised Greece and Indonesia, and reinvested the proceeds in French stores — profit tripled in a year.
Read the caseBuenos Aires courts authorized cellphones in prisons during COVID-19 lockdowns, turning isolation into connection, education, and digital access for inmates.
Read the caseAfter US deportation, Fernando Figueroa joined HolaCode, a Mexico City bootcamp that trains return migrants in software engineering for high‑pay jobs.
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