Billion Dollar Unicorns: Zulily Tumbles

Till a few years ago, flash sales sites were the darlings of e-commerce. But soon, as the fad passed, so did their valuation. One of the recent sites to have fallen off the plank is Zulily (Nasdaq: ZU). The Billion Dollar Unicorn club member went public a little over a year ago in a rather

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Twitter Addressing Challenges Through Partnerships

Twitter’s (NYSE: TWTR) stellar growth story may have faded a bit, but it is still a powerful platform. User growth metrics may not be spectacular, but they exceeded the market’s financial expectations. It appears that things are getting back on track, albeit rather slowly.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Can Square Sustain Its Valuation?

A Gartner report on Mobile Payment Transactions estimated the worldwide mobile payment transaction values to have grown 44% to $235.4 billion in 2013. Gartner expects the market to grow to $721 billion by 2017. The mobile payments processing market is dominated by a Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Square.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: GoDaddy Shying Away from IPO, Yet Again

Another Billion Dollar Unicorn club company is GoDaddy, which has made its place in the Internet domain marketplace by focusing on small businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company is nearly as old as the Internet itself and has come a long way since, but financials remain dodgy, leaving the market unimpressed.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Cleversafe’s Unique IP Strategy

Continuing with our Billion Dollar Unicorn club analysis, here is the story of another interesting company. Chicago-based Cleversafe was founded in 2004 by MIT alumnus, engineer, and serial entrepreneur Chris Gladwin. The company is addressing the growing large scale enterprise storage market, which according to IDC is estimated to grow to $17 billion by the year 2015.

Google’s Search Market Share Threatened

Search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) appears to be struggling a bit. While they are still the leader in US search market by a long mile, the market share is gradually slipping. In the recent results by StatCounter, Google’s share of the US search market continued to drop. As of January 2015, Google accounted for 74.8%

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Facebook Conquering the Mobile World

If there is one company that has figured out how to tackle the monetization capabilities of the rapidly growing mobile advertising market, that company is Facebook (Nasdaq: FB). The social media giant continues to astound the market with its mobile advertising statistics as it repeatedly outperforms market expectations. The recently ended quarter was no different.

Amazon Finally Coming Out

This was a good quarter for Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and its investors. While it was surprising that Amazon reported a strong operating profit, what was even more surprising was the increased transparency displayed by the company on some of its business segments.