Topic: Platforms

NYT Reviews Center Co-founder Roger McNamee T’82’s New Book, “Zucked”

January 2019

Tech 101 Learning Session #5: Refresher – The Tech Stack, Cloud Computing, APIs, SaaS

Tech 101: Refresher – The Tech Stack, Cloud Computing, APIs, SaaS Kick off the winter term with a refresher session covering all four fall term Tech...

Digital Deep Dive: China

This past December, the Center for Digital Strategies and a small group of T’19s traveled to Shanghai and Hangzhou, China to explore digital strateg...

CDS Co-founder, Roger McNamee, Essay in Time Magazine

January 2019 I Mentored Mark Zuckerberg. I Loved Facebook. But I Can’t Stay Silent About What’s Happening…

The Future of HubSpot: A Discussion with Co-Founder and CEO, Brian Halligan

In this fireside chat, moderated by Tuck Professor Lauren Grewal, HubSpot Co-Founder and CEO, Brian Halligan, shares his views on the company’s grow...

Powering the Clean Energy Revolution Using Blockchain Technology

CleanEnergyBlockchainNetwork Co-founder and VP, Frank Curran, discusses how the organization serves electricity users, utilities and ISOs by creating ...

Alum Advisor, Lynch, Quoted on Pandora/SoundCloud Deal

October 2018

Autonomous Vehicle and its Value Creation to User Experience with Robin Hwang T’18

The promise of autonomous vehicles is immense and the race to build the dominant platform is in full swing in Silicon Vally and around the globe. Howe...

Consumer Internet & the Strategic Importance of Hardware with Jodine Gordon T’18

As software eats the world, what role does hardware play in enabling business strategy? MBA Fellow, Jodine Gordon T’18 tackled that question in her ...

McNamee T’82 Talks Facebook Regulation

June 2018

A Toolkit for Legacy Retailers to Optimize Their Digital Shopper Engagement

Stephanie Yera T’18, MBA Fellow with the CDS, conducted research designed to help legacy retailers understand the threat from e-commerce players...

Babylon Video: Product Design and Expansion in the Online Video Industry

Babylon Video: Product Design and Expansion in the Online Video Industry Professor Alva Taylor, Geoff Mattei (T’12 and Alumni Fellow of the Center f...

McNamee T’82 Lays Out Way to Fix Facebook

February 2018

Facebook Digital Drop-In

Alumni Fellow, Jonathan Lewis T’11 Product Manager, Experimentation Products Facebook About Jonathan Jonathan is a Product Manager, Experimentation ...

Center Co-Founder Warns Amazon on Abusing Power

February 2018

Tech Bytes: January 31

Patrick Wheeler, Assistant Director

On: January 31st, 2018

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan Get Into Healthcare While it’s no surprise that Amazon is getting into the healthcare space – they’ve been...

Center Co-Founder Explains Brain Hacking with Bill Maher on HBO

January 2018

2018 Bold Digital Predictions from Our Students

Ross Dutille, Program Coordinator

On: January 18th, 2018

As students return from break and we enter a new calendar year, it’s always fun to brainstorm and jot down your predictions of what may happen ...

Roger McNamee T’82 Compares Tech Giants to the Food Industry in the 50’s

December 2017

Measuring Data in a Cross-Platform World

David Chemerow T’75 talks about the many ways data is helping media companies make better decisions. At comScore, and previously as COO and CFO ...

Measuring Data in a Cross-Platform World

David Chemerow T’75 Former Chief Revenue Officer, comScore Former COO and CFO, Rentrak Join CDS Alumni Advisor and former CRO of comScore, David Che...

Product Sequencing, Vertical Integration, and Integrative Capabilities in Platform Ecosystems

Professor Constance Helfat Academy of Management Annual Meeting Chicago, IL August 2017

How MuleSoft Connects the World’s Applications, Data, and Devices

As businesses become more complex, so do their software applications, systems, and hardware. Connecting disparate IT systems is incredibly difficult. ...

Snap Inc’s Future

Aditya Srivastava, Marketing and Research Intern

On: October 16th, 2017

Snap Inc is the parent company of the Snapchat, a social media image messaging mobile application. Snap Inc went public on the New York Stock Exchange...