Remove 2008 Remove Direct Marketing Remove Distribution Remove Revenue
article thumbnail

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

Steve Blank

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Large companies and their boards live in fear of losing what they spent years gaining (customers, market share, revenue, profits.)

Azure 120
article thumbnail

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

Steve Blank

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Large companies and their boards live in fear of losing what they spent years gaining (customers, market share, revenue, profits.)

Azure 120
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

It shows the normal distribution of XS, S, L etc, but it also shows, how cool is this, the Model's size (S in this case), her height, bust, waist and hip size! The finest American lawyers hugged the finest Direct Marketing experts and produced this horrendous baby. Don't you love happy customers and big revenues?

Web 164
article thumbnail

Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem)

Startup Lessons Learned

Many optimizers are in favor of split-testing, too: direct marketers, landing page and SEO experts -- heck even the Google Website Optimizer team. Should you charge from day one, testing the revenue model first? What about companies, like Siebel, that started with partner distribution first?