How do we put these guys out of business now? Put five or 10 guys in a room and figure out how to beat them. That would have been the advice, activist investor, Nelson Peltz would have given to the Proctor and Gamble management when Dollar Shave Club started in...
Last week I denied being an Amazon fanboy, however, I will put my hand up and say I’m definitely am a Tim Ferriss fanboy, and those that often read this blog will know I listen to a lot of his podcasts and read all his books. I had a double delight this week...
I don’t want to come across as an Amazon fanboy but I have covered them a few times (here, here, here, here, here – actually there here’s the whole list), and this week is no different. Over the past few months I have been talking to a few Retailers about...
Last week we looked at the top insights from this years Mary Meeker Internet trend reports (full deck). One of these was the dramatic transformation of the media landscape, and the rise and rise of Netflix which is now the fifth biggest ‘TV’ network in the US (based...
It’s that time of year again where the KPCB Internet trends report is released. More commonly referred to as Mary Meeker’s report it is now in its 22nd year and serves as an annual report of the tech companies, start up’s and everyone in between, outlining what the...
Jeff Bezos the founder and CEO of Amazon writes an annual letter to his shareholders and this years is an absolute classic. At 1,700 words it is relatively short but boy does it pack a punch. Skip to the bottom and take the 8mins to read and absorb the lessons. But...