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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . For marketers, then, the goal is to distribute that secret, in full or part, for maximum impact: To create real value for Insiders. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.”

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . For marketers, then, the goal is to distribute that secret, in full or part, for maximum impact: To create real value for Insiders. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.”

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

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I also plan to price it low so it has the potential for broad distribution. The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). TechStars Impact on New York. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Mentor Driven.

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Transcript of Spotting Inflection Points in Your Industry

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And content distribution. We forget, we think this is ancient history, it was 2001, I mean it wasn’t that long ago. John Jantsch: Yeah, and you’re right though, the model changes so much in terms of distribution, and assets, and hard costs, that it really allows for that kind of innovation, doesn’t it?

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. The New York Times describes Hipcamp as “ The Sharing Economy Visits the Backcountry.” annual GMV. As a result, productivity naturally improves.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Loading… New York. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively.

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The Complete Guide to Writing Product Descriptions That Convert

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This is useful if, like most startups, you rely heavily on word-of-mouth distribution for customer acquisition. A 2001 study found that descriptive menu labels at restaurants “increased sales by 27% and improved attitudes towards the food, attitudes toward the restaurant, and intentions toward repatronage.”

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