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Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival. We finally decided set up a strategic partnership with a joint product to capture this elusive segment of the market. Companies today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. Cross endorsement.

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Your Toughest Competitor May be Your Best Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival. We finally decided set up a strategic partnership with a joint product to capture this elusive segment of the market. Companies today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. Cross endorsement.

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

Steve Blank

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. 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. This may work in stable markets and technologies. But today very few of those remain.

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

Steve Blank

The launch of the Xbox and Kinect, and the acquisitions of Skype and Yammer happened on his shift. 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. This may work in stable markets and technologies. But today very few of those remain.

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Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

ConversionXL

Paywalls, by default, are a barrier to organic acquisition—they stop some users from accessing some content. At the same time, organic traffic, for many news sites, isn’t the primary acquisition source, in part because most news-related queries are new and never searched before. Metering vs. lead-in. Metering. “As But it’s not easy.

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How to measure your power in the Internet marketplace.

Berkonomics

The old measures, including return on investment, percentage of profit against revenue or employee count, and more, obviously are still relevant. CMRR (Contracted Monthly recurring Revenue). Revenues are recorded as earned, not paid, especially when paid in advance. CACR (Customer Acquisition Cost Ratio).

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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. Of course incumbents cannot be expected to jeopardize their revenue streams or investments in CRM platforms with new concepts that wipe out the need for their current solutions. Early results are exciting.