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Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

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The rise of ecommerce started in 2001 – during the growth of the commercial availability of the internet in households. Dell – the American multinational computer technology firm had broken the barrier of a million-dollar online sales back in 1994. Customer Reviews and Engagements. The Rise of Ecommerce.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Think YouTube meets Netflix).

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[The Philippines] Harnessing Apps To Tackle Traffic

YoungUpstarts

In Manila, a study by the University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Study (UP NCTS) last year placed the average annual losses incurred due to traffic congestion in Metro Manila at over P137 billion as of 2011. trillion since 2001 due to traffic – a massive loss in productivity.

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[Review] No Fear: Business Leadership In The Age Of Digital Cowboys

YoungUpstarts

The digital native, a term first coined by Marc Prensky in his seminal article Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants in 2001 (and later a book called – Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning “), is today known by many names. Since their teens, the Internet and mobile phones have been part of their lives.

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Power To The People – Creating Trust In Data With Collaborative Governance

YoungUpstarts

Today’s enterprise IT organizations are once again experiencing a massive upheaval due to pressure from employee forces. Just think of the turmoil caused by the dawning of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) era, with employees demanding to use their beloved, personal mobile phones or tablets for work. It’s a familiar story.

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

Steve Blank

Fifteen years and 2 billion smartphones shipped in the 21 st century and Microsoft’s mobile OS share is 1%. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

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

Steve Blank

Fifteen years and 2 billion smartphones shipped in the 21 st century and Microsoft’s mobile OS share is 1%. These misses weren’t in some tangential markets – missing search, mobile and the cloud were directly where Microsoft users were heading. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

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