2000 Business Model Direct Marketing Sales 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2016
After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. What’s Missing?
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2016
After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. What’s Missing?
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YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 5, 2013
CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. What was still missing was a simple way to identify a customer at the point of sale. Previously estimated at 5% of sales, Rock and Ash now sees 30% of sales coming from repeat customers.
www.usatoday.com
JULY 16, 2012
Americas new business model: Sharing. The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. What distinguishes the latest generation of start-ups is a confluence of new technologies and more-efficient business models that leave much of the logistical heavy-lifting to peers who share.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JUNE 19, 2010
It’s transformed my life in terms of the freedoms I’ve had and what kind of life I’ve been able to live and what kind of business I’ve been able to run. I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I own my own house.
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