article thumbnail

Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Rent seeking lobbyists go directly to legislative bodies (Congress, State Legislatures, City Councils) to persuade government officials to enact laws and regulations in exchange for campaign contributions , appeasing influential voting blocks or future jobs in the regulated industry. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc.

article thumbnail

Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Rent seeking lobbyists go directly to legislative bodies (Congress, State Legislatures, City Councils) to persuade government officials to enact laws and regulations in exchange for campaign contributions , appeasing influential voting blocks or future jobs in the regulated industry. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. The breakdown: “This is a new vendor for us. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. New Hampshire.

article thumbnail

Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

I was the division president for the northeast division on 9/11, and all the stores in New York and New Jersey and, obviously, all the east coast stores for Circuit City were mine. Which we know for the holidays, we were ramping up a campaign and we said how can we participate? Carl Liebert : Yeah.

article thumbnail

Episode 107: Is the Recession Over Yet? with James Coyle

Mike Michalowicz

Coyle is the President of the Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce, one of the largest and most active business associations in New Jersey. Mr. Coyle has also cut management costs and increased revenues, resulting in a substantial improvement in the financial position of the Chamber. Government and foreign governments.

article thumbnail

7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

mashable.com

A Y-Combinator startup itself, Optimizely was used by the groundbreaking online Obama campaign in 2008. However, they should be mindful as the brand and revenues grow, free optimization tools can have a negative impact on Total Cost of Ownership. You can use Optimizely even if the thought of coding makes you break out in a cold sweat.

article thumbnail

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Opinion: Noonan: The Romney Campaign Needs a New CEO. New Hampshire. New Jersey.