Real Madrid has enjoyed unprecedented success on the world stage, rated the most successful club in history and touted as the ‘Most Valued’ club in the world.
Let’s attempt to guesstimate the pre and post-covid matchday economics over the last 2 seasons.
Guesstimate type: Supply-side
Key Drivers: A. Stadium Capacity (Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid): 1M
B. Home matches per season: 20–1: 19 games
C. Utilization % per game (pre. v post covid): 95% v. 50%
D. Avg. price per ticket: 100 euros 💶 (not factoring in the 3x-5x spike for Classico games, blackmarket pricing etc.)
Mark Randolph & Reed Hastings’ revolutionary Netflix Inc., has been consistently disrupting the Entertainment industry, putting an end to good ol’ VCRs and ‘the Blockbuster era’, it seems to be an unstoppable force in the space, especially over the last decade. But in the 2020s, will it outrun competitors in a landscape that is turning up the heat with several Big Tech cartel players entering the space with their own offerings?
Netflix’s journey so far:
1997: Inception
1998: Launched world’s 1st online movie rental service
1999: Launched subscription service model (unlimited movie titles with a fixed monthly charge, ‘1 for…
Google announces a $2.1 billion buyout of Fitbit earlier today. But why?
- Winning the Future of Wearables
Apple & the Apple Watch dominate the worldwide wearables marketplace with a global lion’s share followed by Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung & Fitbit. With a CAGR of 4.7%* YoY through 2023 and shipment forecasts touching 450 million by 2022^, wearables is a hot space to win in. Google’s acquisition could be seen as a move to obstruct other competitors to get ahead. With Fitbit, Google is all set to expand the giant’s hardware business adding to Pixel range, Nest, Connected Home and the rest…
From Beans to Bricks
The founder — CMD of Brigade Group, Mr M.R. Jaishankar, comes from humble beginnings, belonging to a reputed family of coffee planters from the hill town of Chikmagalur, in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. For over a hundred years, his family has been well known in the region for their business integrity and philanthropy. M.R. Jaishankar completed a degree in Agricultural Sciences (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 1974), following which, he earned an MBA degree from Mysore University in 1977.
After a brief stint as a Management Trainee in UB-MEC Batteries, Mr Jaishankar started MLR Industries…
Let’s wind back the clock.
68 years*. That’s the average life expectancy of a world citizen according to the WHO.
If you’re in Canada ~82, USA ~79 and Japan ~83.
If you sleep 8 hours a day like most, that’s a third of your life gone. We’re now at ~54 years.
If you’re like 51%^ of Indian students — you’ll study from Kindergarten to 12th Standard and then you’ll head to college right after. Post which, Engineering or Medical School should set you back 4-5 years. That brings the total down to ~50 years.
An MBA or MS would pull…
