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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance. The irony is that in the 21 st century, the tighter you hold on to your current product/markets, the likelier you will be disrupted.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance. The irony is that in the 21 st century, the tighter you hold on to your current product/markets, the likelier you will be disrupted.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. After a while, people were able to think about automobiles in a new way, which finally paved the way for massive improvements in design and manufacturing. In 2000, we launched a loyalty program for a bank in Turkey, Akbank.

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Fear and Greed: What Drives Human Behavior?

ConversionXL

They’re also two triggers that direct marketers and copywriters have been well aware of for years. Basically, it’s common intuition that in a fearful market, people are looking to irrationally sell stock and in a greedy market people are looking to buy. appeared first on ConversionXL.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

alexpoole.info

User experience design and research. Case study: Icon design. Give direction → Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web.