Cold Call

Will Startup Fishbowl Become the Social Media App for Your Industry?

Mar 22, 2019 · 19 min · Episode 90 · 19.3 MB
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Fishbowl’s founders have built a social media platform allowing professionals to connect anonymously and with candor within their companies and industry. But the app is still largely limited to the consulting industry. Can they extend the app into other sectors? What’s the winning business model? Will adding employers to the mix pay off or kill the value? Harvard Business School professor Leslie John discusses her case study exploring the boundaries of social media and personal privacy, entitled “Fishbowl.”