EXCLUSIVE TikTok owner ByteDance's revenue growth slowed to 70% in 2021 – sources

by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) - January 20, 20220

Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoTikTok owner ByteDance saw its revenue grow 70% year on year to about $58 billion in 2021, slower growth than a year earlier as China tightens its

HBO Max shows growth despite industry slowdown

by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) - January 6, 20220

The logo for HBO is pictured during the HBO presentation at the Cable portion of the Television Critics Association Summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California August 1, 2012. REUTERS/Fred ProuserWarnerMedia's HBO Max streaming service gained subscribers over the holidays, defying the slowing pace of growth of some competing services,

Netflix launches free plan in Kenya to boost growth

by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) - September 23, 20210

Image Credits: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg / Getty ImagesNetflix said on Monday it is launching a free mobile plan in Kenya as the global streaming giant looks to tap the East African nation that is home to over 20 million internet users.The free plan, which will be rolled out to all

Netflix launches free plan in Kenya to boost growth

by Manish Singh - September 21, 20210

Netflix said on Monday it is launching a free mobile plan in Kenya as the global streaming giant looks to tap the East African nation that is home to over 20 million internet users. The free plan, which will be rolled out to all users in Kenya in the coming weeks,

Australian growth marketing agency Ammo helps startups calibrate their efforts

by Anna Heim - September 20, 20210

When you are the founder of a young startup, it is always very hard to gauge the right amount of effort to dedicate to marketing. Botch it and you risk looking unprofessional. Hire a traditional agency and you might be wasting time and money. Australian growth marketing agency Ammo, in contrast,

Tips for managing growth across iOS updates

by Miranda Halpern - September 18, 20210

“I’ve seen startups spend thousands of dollars inefficiently as a result of not having optimal signal in their paid acquisition campaigns. I’ve also spent millions at companies such as Postmates refining our signal to the best possible state,” says growth marketer Jonathan Martinez in a guest column for Extra Crunch

Zoom looks beyond video conferencing as triple-digit 2020 growth begins to slow

by Ron Miller - September 18, 20210

It’s been a heady 12-18 months for Zoom, the decade-old company that experienced monster 2020 growth and more recently, a mega acquisition with the $14.7 billion Five9 deal in July. That addition is part of a broader strategy the company has been undertaking the last couple of years to move

Use cohort analysis to drive smarter startup growth

by Ram Iyer - September 3, 20210

Jonathan Metrick Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Metrick is the chief growth officer at Sagard & Portage Ventures, where he helps build some of the world's leading fintech companies. Cohort analysis is a way of evaluating your business that involves grouping customers into “cohorts” and observing how they behave over time. A commonly used

Online learning platform CLASS101 bags $26M Series B to support growth

by Kate Park - September 3, 20210

Everything is switching from offline to online mode, spurred by the pandemic, and that also has turned around things for the creative economy. Creative professionals continue to look for ways to monetize their talents and knowledge through online education platforms like CLASS101 that bring stable incomes and improve opportunities. CLASS101, a

“Autonomous accounting” platform Vic.ai raises $50M round led by ICONIQ Growth

by Mike Butcher - September 1, 20210

Vic.ai, a startup that has built an AI-based platform it claims can ‘automate’ enterprise accounting, has raised a $50M Series B round led by ICONIQ Growth, with participation from existing investors GGV Capital, Cowboy Ventures and Costanoa Ventures, bringing total capital raised to $63 million. The company’s customers include HSB (Sweden’s largest real-estate management company),