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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. Fifteen years and 2 billion smartphones shipped in the 21 st century and Microsoft’s mobile OS share is 1%. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud.

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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. Fifteen years and 2 billion smartphones shipped in the 21 st century and Microsoft’s mobile OS share is 1%. It wasn’t that Microsoft didn’t have smart engineers working on search, media, mobile and cloud.

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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. We experimented with tap and go technology, both on cards as well as embedded in mobile phones. Then at the request of merchants, we settled for the mobile number. While all this was true, something else was going on.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

In the last bubble, the S&P hit 44x in January 2000. So it looks like the market leaders are trading closer to recession multiples than bubble multiples. The markets for internet businesses will double in size again over the next five years. Currently, the S&P is trading at 22x. The internet is working. What is next?

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Game Hunters.

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Transcript of Tips for Attracting Local Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

For sure and especially if you think about you know, so many local searches are actually mobile and in an industry like food and beverage or even healthcare, two out of three or three out of four of those searches are happening on mobile devices. John: What do you think about the trend to blend organic and paid. David: Well, does it?

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