Who gets
Spooned next?
The definitive* ranking of companies most likely to become Bending Spoons' next acquisition.
*definitive according to people on the internet
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The Spoon Index
Ranked by community votes. Click a company to see why it's spoonable.
- 01
Tripadvisor
Everyone's second opinion on every restaurant. Revenue model: banner ads and vibes.
- 02
Bumble
Strong brand. Questionable trajectory. Extremely spoon-shaped.
- 03
SoundCloud
Where every rapper starts and every royalty check ends.
- 04
Yelp
Where small businesses go to get roasted by people who visited once.
- 05
Quora
Where questions go to get answered by people with strong opinions and stronger usernames.
- 06
Foursquare
Remember checking in? Neither does anyone else, but the data's still valuable.
- 07
Buzzfeed
Invented the listicle, then watched the internet outgrow it. Nostalgic acquisition energy.
- 08
Fiverr
Built an empire on nobody wanting to hire full-time. Ripe for a rebrand.
- 09
Upwork
Fiverr's more serious cousin. Same spreadsheet, bigger invoices.
- 10
Asana
The productivity app companies buy to feel organized, then forget to use.
- 11
Grammarly
Politely told you your email sounds passive-aggressive. It was right.
- 12
1Password
Remembers every password so you don't have to. Extremely acquirable amount of trust.
- 13
Notion
The tool where you organize your life instead of living it.
- 14
Monday.com
Colorful grids for people who like meetings about meetings.
- 15
Discord
Built for gamers, now runs every group chat, book club, and crypto scheme on Earth.
- 16
Pinterest
A mood board that somehow still needs to explain what a mood board is.
- 17
Snap
Invented the disappearing message, then never quite disappeared or thrived.
- 18
Dropbox
Once indispensable. Still printing subscription revenue. Innovation currently loading...
- 19
Peloton
A stationary bike with a subscription fee and an existential crisis.
- 20
WeWork
Survived bankruptcy. Still selling the dream of a beanbag chair and a kombucha tap.
- 21
Basecamp
The productivity app for people who are morally opposed to Slack.
- 22
Trello
The kanban board every team adopts, then quietly abandons for spreadsheets.
- 23
Squarespace
Every wedding photographer's website, one template away from identical.
- 24
SurveyMonkey
The reason your inbox has 'quick 2-minute survey' in the subject line.
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