Viktor Hendelmann 
Executive Summary: Khan Academy is an online learning platform offering instructional videos on subjects like mathematics, economics, computer science, and more. Khan Academy makes money via donations, tuition fees from its own schools, SAT prep materials, and merchandise sales. Founded in 2008, Khan Academy has become one of the world’s most frequented online learning platforms. … Read more
Executive Summary: TripAdvisor is an online platform that helps users to collect travel-related information, create reviews, and book flights, hotel rooms, restaurant seats, and much more. TripAdvisor makes money from click-based advertising, subscription services, commissions, sponsored placements, listing fees, and reservation fees. Founded in 2000, TripAdvisor has become one of the world’s most frequented websites. … Read more
Executive Summary: Stash is a FinTech company that offers various financial products aimed at American retail investors. Examples include the ability to invest in different stocks or index funds, personal investment advice, life insurance, a debit card, and much more. Stash makes money via subscription fees, cashback rewards, payment for order flow, and interest earned … Read more
Executive Summary: Craigslist is an online classifieds marketplace that allows anyone to post listings on its platform. Listings can be uploaded in categories such as services, jobs, or items for sale. Craigslist makes money via posting fees. The company charges anywhere between $3 to $75 for uploading a listing in a few, selected categories. Founded … Read more
Executive Summary: Yelp is an online review platform that allows users to discover and learn about local businesses, including cafes, spas, home repair services, and more. Yelp makes money by selling targeted ads to businesses on its platform, commissions from partnerships, and subscription revenue from service tools. The company operates on an aggregator business model. … Read more
WhatsApp is a communication platform that allows users to message each other – either via text, audio, or video. WhatsApp makes money via fees from its Business API product as well as by imposing a transaction fee on WhatsApp Pay. Founded in 2009, WhatsApp has grown to become the world’s largest communication platform. It is … Read more
Executive Summary: Zelle is a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment network that enables users to send money to their friends, family, and anyone else that is part of the platform. Zelle does not make any money right now. Instead, its participating banks generate revenue whenever a user pays a business in exchange for goods and services. The … Read more
Executive Summary: Patreon is a membership platform that allows creators to be paid by their fans on a subscription basis. Supporters are referred to as patrons. Patreon makes money via variable as well as a payment processing fees. The fees are paid by creators and dependent upon the plan chosen. Founded in 2013, Patreon has … Read more
Executive Summary: Mint is a FinTech company that aggregates data from different financial accounts. Its solution enables users to better track and manage their personal finances. Mint.com makes money through referral fees that it collects whenever a user purchases any of the financial products the company promotes. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, … Read more
Executive Summary: Airbnb is a platform that allows travelers to book apartments, hotels, and experiences entirely online. Accommodation and experiences (both online and offline) are provided by so-called hosts. Airbnb makes money by charging a service fee to both the guests as well as the hosts. The firm operates under a two-sided marketplace business model. … Read more