PlayBigger Team

Category Designers discover IPO sweet spot

As you know, if you were in the Play Bigger cross hairs this last quarter, you heard a lot from us about our research agenda on how category kings produce enduring value. In fact,..

Dare to do legendary things

Mike Maples Jr., co-founder of the venture capital firm Floodgate, explains what entrepreneurs can learn from the very few technology startups that achieve hyper-exceptional..

Writing a book the way a team builds software... or U2 writes songs

We think we’ve invented a new way to write a business book.

The Genius of Zero-Billion-Dollar Markets

According to co-founder Marc Randolph, he and Hastings had the idea to start an e-commerce company in a whole new category. They settled on DVDs. The question was whether they..

Tech Bubble? No, it's a startup wealth gap

The technology industry has what you might call a “Cosby”—a dark secret that undercuts its image.

The startup version of the wealth gap

Entrepreneurship has never been easier, but entrepreneurship is on the decline. I first heard this surprising paradox a few months ago in a talk by MITs’s Andy McAfee. Digital..

Don't let the money make you a dummy

Technology IPOs are stacking up like groupies at a Motley Crue concert. Dozens of companies, including Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Workday, and the mac daddy of them all,..