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# Blitzscalers
AIRBNB
Airbnb.com
Airbnb is an online marketplace and hospitality service, enabling people to lease or rent short-term lodging including vacation rentals, apartment rentals, homestays, hostel beds, or hotel rooms. Founded August 2008, San Francisco, CA
ALIBABA
Alibaba.com
The Alibaba Group is an e-commerce, retail, and technology conglomerate that provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business services including electronic payments and cloud computing. Founded April 1999, Hangzhou, China
AMAZON
Amazon.com
Amazon is an e-commerce company that also produces consumer electronics like the Kindle and Echo and is the world’s largest provider of cloud computing services. Founded July 1994, Seattle, WA
APPLE
Apple.com
Apple designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services, such as the iPhone, iOS operating system, and Mac personal computers. Founded April 1976, Los Altos, CA
CHARITY: WATER
Charitywater.org
Charity: Water is a not-for-profit organization that provides clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Founded Summer 2006, New York, NY
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY
Chk.com
Chesapeake Energy is a petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company. Founded May 1989, Oklahoma City, OK
CLASSPASS
ClassPass.com
ClassPass offers a flat-rate monthly subscription service that allows subscribers to attend participating fitness classes around the world. Founded June 2013, New York, NY
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
Dressforsuccess.org
Dress for Success is a not-for-profit organization that provides a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Founded 1997, New York, NY
DROPBOX
Dropbox.com
Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Founded 2007, Mountain View, CA
FACEBOOK
Facebook.com
Facebook provides products such as Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp that enable people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other. Founded February 2004, Cambridge, MA
FLIPKART
Flipkart.com
Flipkart is an e-commerce company that focuses on serving the India market. Founded October 2007, Bangalore, India
GOOGLE
Google.com
Alphabet Inc. is a holding company that includes Google (the company’s core internet businesses), as well as other non-internet companies such as Calico, Verily, Waymo, X, and Nest Labs. In this book, we refer to the company as Google, both because it is the name by which most people know the company, and because we focus on the company’s Internet businesses. Founded September 1998, Palo Alto, CA
GROUPON
Groupon.com
Groupon is an e-commerce marketplace that connects its subscribers with offers from local merchants. Its primary focus areas are activities, travel, goods, and services. Founded January 2008, Chicago, IL
KHAN ACADEMY
Khanacademy.org
Khan Academy’s mission is to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. It does this by offering online practice exercises and instructional videos. Founded October 2006, Mountain View, CA
LINKEDIN
LinkedIn.com
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and seeks to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. Founded December 2002, Mountain View, CA
MERCADOLIBRE
MercadoLibre.com
MercadoLibre provides solutions to individuals and companies buying, selling, advertising, and paying for goods online. Founded May 1999, Buenos Aires, Argentina/Stanford, CA
MICROSOFT
Microsoft.com
Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services. Based on revenue, it is the world’s largest computer software maker. Founded April 1975, Albuquerque, NM
M-PESA
vodafone.com/content/index/what/m-pesa.html
M-Pesa is a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing, and microfinancing service that launched in Kenya but serves markets around the world. Founded March 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
NETFLIX
Netflix.com
Netflix is an Internet entertainment service that offers its members TV shows and movies, including original series, documentaries, and feature films. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, with no commercial interruptions. Founded August 1997, Scotts Valley, CA
PAYPAL
PayPal.com
PayPal operates a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders. Founded December 1998, Palo Alto, CA
PRICELINE
Priceline.com
Priceline provides online travel and related services to consumers and local partners. Its primary brands are Booking.com, priceline.com, agoda.com, KAYAK, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable. Founded 1997, Stamford, CT
ROCKET MORTGAGE
RocketMortgage.com
Through the Rocket Mortgage website or mobile app, users can upload financial details and get a mortgage loan decision in minutes. Quicken Loans launched Rocket Mortgage in November 2015, Detroit, MI
SALESFORCE.com
Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com provides cloud-based applications for sales, service, and marketing, as well as enabling partners to offer and run their own solutions on the Salesforce Platform. Founded February 1999, San Francisco, CA
SLACK
Slack.com
Slack provides cloud-based collaboration tools and services that connect teams with the apps, services, and resources they need to get work done. Founded 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
SPOTIFY
Spotify.com
Spotify is a music and podcast streaming service that allows users to create and listen to playlists as well as individual tracks. Founded April 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
STRIPE
Stripe.com
Stripe helps businesses accept payments online and in mobile apps. Founded 2010, Palo Alto, CA
TENCENT
Tencent.com
Tencent is a holding company whose subsidiaries provide various Internet-related services, products, and technology both in China and globally. Its major services include QQ and WeChat. Founded November 1998, Shenzhen, China
TESLA
Tesla.com
Tesla is an automaker, energy storage company, and solar panel manufacturer. Founded July 2003, San Carlos, CA
TWITTER
Twitter.com
Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages called “tweets.” Founded March 2006, San Francisco, CA
UBER
Uber.com
Uber is a transportation technology company. It develops, markets, and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps. Founded March 2009, San Francisco, CA
XIAOMI
Mi.com
Xiaomi is a electronics and software company that designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics. Founded April 2010, Beijing, China
ZARA
Zara.com
Zara (and its holding company, Inditex) is the world’s largest clothing and fashion retailer. Founded May 1974, Arteixo, Spain