In 2024:
> Visa made $39.4B - owns no banks
> Spotify made $17.2B - owns no music
> Expedia made $13.7B - owns no hotels
> Lyft made $5.7B - owns no cars
Lesson? Be the middleman.
Be the Middleman in 2025:
Uber made $80B - owns zero cars
VISA made $35B - without any banks
Spotify made $84B - no music produced
Airbnb made $52B - owns zero property
Distribution is the ultimate leverage in this AI Era.
Be the Middleman in 2025
The Future of Business
The most successful companies are those that connect people and services without owning the underlying assets.
Here are some stellar examples:
Uber: With a revenue of $150.5 billion, Uber has revolu
Visa? $32.6 billionโwithout owning a single bank. Crazy, right?
๐ง Spotify? $14.3 billionโand they donโt own any of the music!
Lyft? $4.4 billionโand guess what? They donโt own any cars.
Airbnb? $9 billionโwith zero property of their own.
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๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka has announced visa-free entry for citizens of 35 countries, including Bharat, the UK, and the US, effective October 1, 2024
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VISA isn't a credit card company.
They're the world's most profitable middleman:
No credit risk
No bank ownership
Just a 2.5% toll on $15.5T in yearly spending
Here's their perfect business :
1. Let these numbers melt your brain:
14T+ processed
The Dark Rise of Uber!
When Uber started, it faced legal issues for operating as a cab service. Travis' response? "Weโre just a tech company connecting drivers and users."
When government authorities imposed fines on Uber drivers, Uber built a tool
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ $๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ $๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ
Spotify broke every business rule.
It ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
Paid $๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง+ to record labels.
Faced ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ
๐ Who Really Owns Zerodha? The Inside Story! ๐
Zerodha, India's biggest stock brokerage, is 100% owned by its founders & close associates. No VC money, no outside investorsโjust pure bootstrapped success! ๐ช
Here's the breakdown of ownership:
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Uber Just Admitted Defeat to Indian Startups!
Hereโs what has happened (if you have not read it before!)
Uber, the global rideshare titan, just made a pivot in India and now instead of taking commissions for auto-rickshaw rides will now let driver
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Traditional retailers take months to bring new styles to market.
But Zara does it in just 2 weeks.
Here's how their lightning-fast supply chain transformed fashion retail:
Traditional fashion stores made clothes months in advance, guessed what peo