Monthly Archives for September 2011
★ Execution Strategy & Business Strategy
Very interesting post from ex-Googler Piaw Na, touching on Google, Microsoft, and Amazon’s execution and business strategies. The distinction between the two is worth keeping in mind: Execution strategy is about keeping good discipline within the ranks. It’s about reaching objectives in … Continue reading
→ The Language of Social Networks
Yee on Framethink: Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have established near monopoly control over the language that we use to talk about social networks. Without any trademarking, they have associated a lot of social activities with being on Facebook — and … Continue reading
→ Why Facebook’s new Open Graph makes us all part of the web underclass
Adrian Short for the Guardian has a lengthy post explaining why social networks are slowly but surely eroding the open web. Because the audience is there, because the conversation happens on those closed platforms The things you can say and … Continue reading
→ Saving Paid Journalism from the Internet
Eli Dourado suggests that in order to get people to sign up for a paywall formula, it should have a lot of content inside it — which could come from traditionally non-paid sources: It’s funny; high-quality journalists seems to have … Continue reading
→ Jeff Bezos of Amazon: 3 Things That I’ve Learned So Far
Three business lessons from Jeff Bezos that should be on every entrepreneur’s desk: Obsess over customers — if you care for your customers they will care about you. Invent new, more optimal solutions rather than compromise with “either-or” choices forced … Continue reading