Competitors

Formerly Saasure Inc., Okta is a San Francisco-based company that provides identity management services for cloud-based web applications. Todd McKinnon and Frederic Kerrest founded the company in 2009 to provide a more secure and efficient way for organizations to manage employee access to applications.  Okta competes in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market, a […]

Turo is an American peer-to-peer car-sharing company based in San Francisco, California. Since its establishment in 2010, Turo has been a disruptor in the traditional car rental industry, offering an alternative to big-name companies like Hertz and Avis. Much like what Airbnb did for vacation rentals, Turo allows car owners to rent out their vehicles

In 1978, two entrepreneurs, John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy started a natural foods grocery store in Austin, Texas, with a scant $45,000 capital. They opened the doors to Saferway, a spoof for the Safeway supermarket chain. The partners eventually changed the name to Whole Foods Market after a merger with another store, Clarksville Natural

If I were to ask all the people I know the same question – what is the most painful household object to stand on accidentally? – I guarantee parents and children would all have the same answer: a LEGO brick. Despite the pain these little plastic blocks have brought to millions of feet worldwide, there’s

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) is a cloud-based IT service management platform. It offers many features and functions that help businesses streamline their digital workflow and improve efficiency. Fred Luddy founded the company in 2003 as Glidesoft, renamed it ServiceNow in 2006, and took it public in 2012 in an IPO that saw it raise $209.7 million. 

When I was a kid, I visited my grandfather’s ranch for a couple of months each summer. My memories of these visits are fond: herding cattle on horseback and listening to the happy cluck of chickens in the coop. One of the most memorable parts of my annual visit was always when my grandfather took

The world of work has changed dramatically over the past few years. Covid brought with it the rise of working from home, and companies had to adapt fast to keep functioning. They needed new ways to communicate and collaborate, sometimes with hundreds of miles between team members. I remember this time distinctly, as I’m sure

Salesforce likes to call itself the #1 CRM platform on the market. I know, a lot of companies say that, but this time, it’s probably true. They are a force (see what I did there?) to be reckoned with. Not only do they have a ton of features, but it’s incredibly robust and versatile, too.

The rise of personal styling services was a major disruptor in the fashion industry, and one of the most successful companies in this space is Stitch Fix. Founded in 2011, Stitch Fix is a personal styling service that delivers handpicked clothes and accessories to your door. The company combines data and algorithms with human stylists’

AutoZone, Inc. (AZO) is the largest retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories in the United States. Founded in 1979 after the success of the first Auto Shack store, AutoZone has 6,051 stores in the United States, 664 in Mexico, and 52 in Brazil. The company offers a mix of do-it-yourself (DIY) and professional customers