Category Archives for Business model design
★ Fab.com’s amazing pivot story
Fab.com‘s pivot is nothing short of spectacular. Founder and CEO Jason Goldberg tells this fascinating story with a presentation: In about 3 weeks, they completely changed their strategy — and now they’ve got significant traction and raised $40M more funding. I … Continue reading
★ The Banking Disruption: can BankSimple capitalize on Mint’s success?
Two weeks ago ReadWriteWeb reported on BankSimple‘s coming launch and nailed what’s exciting about the company’s approach to online financial services: a platform approach (API, App ecosystem) a focus on user experiences, and especially mobile user interfaces. Couple these innovations … Continue reading
★ Alternative Options for Facebook Ads
Mark Evans nails the key question for Facebook: Facebook’s need for more data is a financial necessity because it still needs to convince advertisers that spending money on ads is a smart thing. Facebook is hoping ultra-targeting is a way … Continue reading
★ All You Can Eat Software: Bite-Sized Chunks first?
This is a follow-up to a comment I posted on Louis Gray’s blog. As often with his insightful blog posts, his ideas triggered some thoughts on my part. I wanted to elaborate here, since this outgrew the Disqus comment box … Continue reading