Comments on: StubHub: Vertical Specialization On Sale for $310 million

By: Mike @ Fan Codes

Mike @ Fan Codes — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:02:06 +0000

I don't think there is anyone that can compete with StubHub, now that eBay bought them out. StubHub is owning the secondary market of ticket resales.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:21:47 +0000

Incidentally, BuyerZone has done the same for the B2B marketplace:
http://www.buyerzone.com/traffic.jhtml?path=/index.html&sourceid=1169050801986003027

They were able to leverage their business purchasing platform and customize it to specific vertical markets… One of the reasons they were just bought by Reed Elsevier…

By: Dick Costolo

Dick Costolo — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:56:11 +0000

Very interesting. Actually, I’m trying to think of a startup that moved quickly from dominating vertical Y to then also dominating vertical market Z. I can only think of examples in which Y didn’t work so the startup moved to Z. Speaking of Z, Zillow seems like a great example of vertical specialization unfolding. They’ve taken a technology, applied it to the real estate vertical, and it would seem they now have loads of opportunity in real estate specialization, where there’s obviously lots of value.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:38:11 +0000

Read Inside the Tornado

By: D. C.

D. C. — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:30:19 +0000

“Bowling alley thesis”?

(Google was no help.)