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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. 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. Yet in five years the only new thing that managed to get out the door is the Apple Watch.

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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. 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. Yet in five years the only new thing that managed to get out the door is the Apple Watch.

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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. Social media is seen as something new that can be bolted onto existing CRM and loyalty management platforms. We experimented with tap and go technology, both on cards as well as embedded in mobile phones.

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

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Technology Live. 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. Game Hunters.

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The Cost of Customer Acquisition: How Much Can You Spend to Earn New Business?

Duct Tape Marketing

I recently spoke with Jeff Allen, a Senior Director at Adobe Analytics , about the role data plays within marketing. He compared what we as marketers do with data to the way Billy Beane approached managing the Oakland Athletics in Michael Lewis’ book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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To date, no one has managed to provide a conclusive answer to this issue. Nor have they managed to make their work sufficiently known in the typographic community ( Spencer, 1968, p.6 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Programmed Learning and Educational Technology 18(2), 57-61. Part 1 provides typographical definitions.