Finance is the Next to Fall

Fintech is on fire these days. Morgan Stanley just bought E-Trade for $13 billion. Intuit bought Credit Karma for $7.1 billion. Visa bought Plaid for $5.3 billion. And despite a generally subdued tech market, fintech unicorns continue to thrive: Robinhood, Lemonade, SoFi, etc. So what is going on? Why is this all happening now? If […]

Step Inside Zuora’s New Redwood City HQ! 

Welcome to Zuora’s new HQ! It’s been one month since we opened the doors to our very own, 100,000 square foot building in Redwood City and it’s really starting to feel like home. The 4-story building brings together about 350 employees (aka ZEOs) from our San Mateo and San Jose offices with plenty of room […]

What WeWork Got Right

Last week, I joined my fellow ZEOs at Zuora to celebrate our new HQ. It’s a really exciting time. We’ve got a great new building with all sorts of cool amenities, our name on the outside, and plenty of space to grow. Having a chance to design our own space, we recognized that our employees […]

From Netflix to Spotify, are we paying too much for our subscriptions?

This article was originally published on Telegraph.co.uk by Matthew Field The UK has a subscription addiction. From coffee beans to TV shows, the nation has become hooked on getting a monthly fix of products and services. There are boxes for beauty from Glow, meal kits from Hello Fresh, unlimited food delivery on Deliveroo Plus and […]

Netflix, the New York Times & the Evils of Advertising

In the 1970s the average U.S consumer was exposed to about 500 ads a day. Today that number is around 5,000. Ads are everywhere, and they are designed to make you feel bad about yourself. Ads show parties that you aren’t invited to, houses that you’ll never live in, bodies that you’ll never have. They […]

Subscription Economy News: Week of 02/10/2020

Every week, we bring you the top stories and analyses from the global Subscription Economy. YouTube in Talks to Follow Amazon and Apple Into Video Subscriptions Market Excerpts from an article by Jessica Toonkel and Alex Heath on The Information YouTube is sending signals that it wants to become a destination site for every part of […]

2022: The Last Year of Television?

Last week’s Super Bowl was a huge ratings success: just over 102 million viewers watched the Chiefs beat the 49ers. That made it the 10th most-watched Super Bowl of all time, and the 11th most-watched TV show ever. But if you think this signals that broadcast TV is doing fine, you’re wrong. Now, most of […]

Subscription Economy News: Week of 02/03/2020

Every week, we bring you the top stories and analyses from the global Subscription Economy. The New York Times increases digital subscription price for the first time Excerpts from an article by Hannah Zhang on CNN The New York Times will raise the price of its digital subscription from $15 every four weeks to $17, its […]