Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2021

Netflix began in 1997 as a video rental competitor to Blockbuster. We’ll explore their retention statistics soon. This active personalization and consideration of a user’s preferences is one reason why Netflix’s retention rate has remained so consistent over time. A retention strategy that puts personalization at the forefront.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Warren Buffet, 1997. Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? Investment banks simply do not match supply and demand. The vast majority of all bond offerings are priced using the order matching system. Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff. Would they be loyal? Damn straight it would.

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