After writing my post earlier this week on better utilizing your business model, my friend Reid who runs Quintify, a database solution company that helps small businesses, followed up with me via e-mail and recommended the book, The Art of Profitability. After taking a look at it, I’ll definitely be giving it a read and [...]
I must admit, I am an addict of business models. I dissect companies on a daily basis as if they were a science project from junior school, but one I actually enjoyed. Reason being is that understanding the business model of your company is an integral part of your company’s success. As I have been [...]
A few weeks back I was doing some research for an idea I had that involves an iphone app. As I came across the information, I went ahead and tweeted it. Since I’ve spoken with a few people since then about iPhone app stuff, I figure I’d share the links I found regarding it.
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One thing that interests me a lot are business development models. Particularly those that have seen recent (read: last 2-5 years) successes revolving around ecosystems (and somewhat communities) such as Google, Facebook, and Apple has setup.
I’ve thought (and said) for a while now that Apple (chronologically) took after Facebook’s Application Platform when they released their [...]
I’ve always been interested (and involved in) in the use of ecosystems and the development of platforms for businesses to propel off of . Writing about business development is something I’ve always found difficult, however. None the less, that’s part of what I got into with my criteria for innovation post. Before I write more [...]
When we spoke of innovation while I was in the Cameron School of Businesses’s entrepreneurship program, I always felt like something was missing. Often times the business ideas that students came up with were still the same sports bar, bed and breakfast, and restaurant from years past. Now, it really could be that America needs [...]
A phrase you often hear in regards to life, especially when you’re in college. The importance of “having a balanced life” is emphasized time and again by adults, mentors, and most of all parents.
All through my academic career I was working toward “balance.” The balance between teaching myself everything I wanted to know, learning about [...]
As an entrepreneur, I am usually scanning the horizons, thinking of new business opportunities, locating market gaps, and so forth. That’s made it both unfortunate and fortunate that I’ve been going through college, getting that higher education. I say unfortunate because it’s lead to a number of ideas or companies that I wish I could [...]
The business school (I ought to say Dr. Harper, the professor who has probably had the most impact on my life) has pretty well ingrained the notion of finding customer demand (for which I am thankful) . Not just any demand, mind you. The kind of demand where you tell a customer about the product [...]
I came across some data that fits quite well in with my recent post on how “lazy isn’t a business model” that addresses the fascination of the seemingly easy money that can be made by “simply” advertising. Below shows some data via Reuters that display some pretty sobering numbers (in the event that [...]