GoFundMe: The Giving Layer of the Internet

By 2017, GoFundMe will be the world’s largest social fundraising platform. The gross volume of donations is growing rapidly, but the number of monthly campaigns is relatively low. The CEO is considering a variety of growth initiatives.

MyTime

Ethan Anderson, CEO of San Francisco-based e-commerce company MyTime, has to decide on the company’s growth strategy. MyTime’s first product was a website and mobile app that provided consumers with a convenient way to book appointments with local retailers in the United States. The student must evaluate the growth strategy of the company and develop …

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Softbank’s New Strategy: The Largest LBO in Japan

On March 17, 2006, the Japanese Internet company Softbank Corp announced that it had signed a definitive agreement with the British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc to buy its Japanese unit Vodafone K.K. for ¬ • 1.75 trillion. To fund the largest acquisition of all time by a Japanese company, Softbank intended to raise …

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