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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

In fact, the secrets that have helped differentiate brands are far more enduring. The order of operations may surprise you. Because commodities lack appealing secrets, a farcical backstory—masquerading as a differentiator—fills the void. Weak secrets may act as short-term differentiators, but the benefits don’t last.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

In fact, the secrets that have helped differentiate brands are far more enduring. The order of operations may surprise you. Because commodities lack appealing secrets, a farcical backstory—masquerading as a differentiator—fills the void. Weak secrets may act as short-term differentiators, but the benefits don’t last.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1

Steve Blank

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And that has happened to us.

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The “Grow or Die” Lie: Why Everything You Think You Know About Business Growth Is Wrong

YoungUpstarts

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1 – Ash Carter

Steve Blank

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Read about all the class sessions here.

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How to Improve Profit by an Average of 11.1%

Austin Startup

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. The results were even more dramatic : a 1% pricing improvement delivered >15% potential increase in operating profit. How do they compare to your competition?

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10 Branding Elements And What They Mean

Brandanew

For instance Virginia Slims is a cigarette targeted at women. Brand Differentiation. Differentiation, as the word suggests is how a brand stands out in the crowd. But now it provides many other services including emails and mobile operating systems. Brand positioning.

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