July 2008
24 posts
“At the heart of next-generation advantage is, paradoxically, being able to break...”
– America’s Addiction and the New Economics of Strategy - Umair Haque
Here’s some more detail for your brain:
Let’s re-examine the house of cards that is the global financial system. Emerging markets seek export-led growth: they undervalue their currencies, so their exports are more...
“If you’re going to be effective, you have to speak with a voice of...”
– Why Brands Need a New Kind of Leader
Yes; if you accept the idea that companies have all kinds of interesting/useful experts among their ranks, a WHOLE new way to communicate with customers/stakeholders opens up.
Great piece by Brian Morrissey at AdWeek.
What The Newspaper Industry Could Learn About Do... →
App Store is a Solution to The Penny Gap at The... →
Incredible post by Andrew, recommended for students of Business Model Design for Web Services.
Here’s my comment (click over for full context):
I especially enjoyed naveen’s point (and your response) re: intention.
In communities/networks, you have to be more creative with how you use payments; a corollary to (or inversion of) Josh’s “penny gap” would be using...
“Between 1990 and 2006, Sweden cut its carbon emissions by 9% while enjoying real...”
– Green business: Scandinavia’s lateral thinkers | Business | guardian.co.uk
Really inspiring story. Interesting takeaways about how governments make decisions here. The U.S. is so much larger and heterogenous than these countries that the process just needs to be reinvented ;-)
[via Umair]
“The financial sector, everyone whose business is essentially lending money is...”
– Banks Borrow Record Sum from Fed Window - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds — DealBook - New York Times
Any further questions about why I left my job at the trading desk (in 2002)?
EPIC lol
Beach Bauley →
New Twitter Anti-Spam Bot Causes Chaos -... →
I’m using Twitter for some Very Big Companies to do customer service (oops I meant “marketing”) and research and every single person I’ve followed/contacted has been thrilled.
I maintained an EXACTLY 1:1 FOLLOW/FOLLOWER RATIO. What do I get?
These dudes dropped 1/2 of my contacts yesterday, purportedly because of some “anti spam algorithm” goof.
CHARGE ME...
“Scripted narratives erode like sand castles in the fluid dynamics of networks....”
– Mike Bonifer: Campaigning in the Networked World
I re-read most of Mike’s book over the honeymoon. It really brings the art to 21st century business/entrepreneurship/strategic thinking. And it’s insanely fun to read.
For those that don’t hold advanced degrees in Fine Arts like...
Do Startup Companies Need Community Managers? -... →
Great article from Marshall K, with some really bizarre points made by some of the people he quoted. (Some great ones, too).
I really like how he structured the article (by laying out the opinions of others without too much editorial; the socratic method of journalism)
My point is:
Community management is really really important because the ROI is way higher than for PR or advertising.
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Techdirt: You Don't Build Communities, You Enable... →
Paging Scott Karp…
“Professor Wermers says his advice has evolved significantly as a result of this...”
– Strategies - The Prescient Are Few - NYTimes.com
Buy Vanguard and call it a day…
Interesting, final, conclusive chapter for market efficiency theorists.
Gee, what other markets will an explosion of information and context make incredibly more efficient?
“When I was at Apple, one the competitive team’s central goals was to goad...”
– Mobile Opportunity: Hypenotized by Apple
This tactic really puts into relief all the context that Mac freaks have been egging MSFT with over the years.
A great article, new find, recommended!
Dropbox: The Online Storage Solution We’ve Been... →
This is truly a great, great product.
(Sync/backup files to the web from multiple computers seamlessly from the desktop…i.e. Finder or Windows Explorer)
I have 5 invites…if you want one leave a comment below or drop an email.
“If you sound like Elvis Costello, how do we get you in front of Elvis Costello...”
– THE INDIES ISSUE: THE VISIONARIES
I’m so glad that someone is doing this…all the people who read my various business plans from the last ~3 years already know that ;-)
This step (demand gen) is the most important next step. In my work promoting Kneebody, it’s always frustrated...
“Digital media isn’t inherently less profitable (hi, Google). It’s only less...”
– Havas Media Lab
Umair’s piece on “User-generated context” [PDF link] is the most important analysis written about media on the Internet since…ever?
[that’s highly arguable, but youknowhatimean]
“We built a system that connects Data Consumers to Data Publishers in a...”
– Gnip: We got $h*t to pop
Well I’m excited about these guys. Basically they make it easier for web services to share info in near-real-time.
Go on with yourbadselves.
Slashdot | Google Seeking "FriendRank" Patent →
Back for some quick blogging before I head off to my honeymoon. The analysis here is worthwhile.
Friends: wedding pics forthcoming ;-)
Business Technology : Most Corporate Blogs Are... →
Opportunity knocks…