This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 15th, 2021. There was only one realistic way into China as a foreign company. Now even that seems to be closed. When Linkedin dismantles its social network in the country, it could mark a new era for tech companies in China. An established truth is that the only way to enter China as a foreign company is through partnerships. The local legislation and relations […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 11th, 2021. – When I started, I played almost four to five hours a day, says John Ramos, a 22-year-old man from the Philippines. It sounds like a quote you’ve heard many times before from someone caught up in a gaming addiction. But this is something else, and it ends in a different way than they usually do. Ramos has made gaming into a […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 5th, 2021. Speculation in cryptocurrencies has turned many into both paupers and millionaires. But when phenomena like NFTs begin to mature, they can form the basis of something entirely new – a different type of internet than the one we know today. A shiba inu dog that looks a little lost. The image is at the center of a series of seemingly strange events […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 27th, 2021. In 1958, all residents of the American city of Fresno received a letter from Bank of America, regardless of whether they were customers or not. It contained what would become the key to all modern commerce for the next 60 years. The mailing was an experiment, and Fresno was small enough that a public fiasco could be avoided. In the envelope was […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 19th, 2021. The start was a failure for the e-commerce giant. But as a new, secret, big owner in the last mile company Airmee, Amazon seems determined to try to take the Swedish market. The deal creates challenges for the other companies – and perhaps also for Airmee. Tobias Lutke, founder and CEO of the e-commerce platform Shopify, followed the opening of the Nasdaq […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 17th, 2021. Human trafficking. Drug cartels. Teenage girls getting body image issues. Internal documents reveal how Facebook has been alerted to its problems – and ignored them. Now the company is facing another crisis of confidence. When Facebook – the world’s largest social network – began crisis management after the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018, they made a somewhat ironic media choice. To reach […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 16th, 2021. While the Chinese authorities are pushing their tech companies hard, a silent revolution is taking place at the same time. Tiktok, Shein and Tencent pose a serious challenge to American tech giants – but their success is perhaps also their biggest Achilles heel. “I think we should talk to them. If nothing else to make it more expensive for Yahoo.” It’s entertaining […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 11th, 2021. A new book about Facebook describes a company that puts growth above everything else. When they now release a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera, it enhances the image of a company that wants to be everything, for everyone, at almost any price. Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, sat in her conference room and received bad news. It did […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 2nd, 2021. Developers and legislators around the world are questioning Apple’s business model. Slowly, the company has been forced to back down. But the latest concession will not solve the big app conflict. “Once we are making over $1B a year in profit from the App Store, is that enough to think about a model where we ratchet down from 70/30 to 75/25 or […]
This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on August 28th, 2021. When Leo Messi closed the door on FC Barcelona, another one opened wide – and it shows that Silicon Valley is currently tearing down old structures in sport. One of the many ways he is compensated is through the club’s own cryptocurrency. “Bartomeu was plugging holes in the short term and mortgaging the club in the long term. That leaves us a […]
