In David Yoffie’s new Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs he and co-author, Michael Cusumano have reviewed Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs, strategy and leadership decisions and have identified five key lessons to...
One question that I have been asked a few times his how long does it take before the innovation or a new business initiative starts to deliver substantial revenue. Or the variant of this question how big can the new initiative grow to in the short term, and the...
There has been a lot of press around a service called Global Mode in recent weeks. And it highlights just how fast the internet is changing and disrupting established business models and how consumers are changing how they consume. Background In short global mode is...
The statistics above are amazing enough in their own right but when you consider as most of these companies are less than five years old and Facebook is the grandfather being a worldly 10 years old. The advent of the e-commerce/ digital businesses has removed or...
In February I wrote about the impending battle of the SVOD players. Netflix has finally entered the market so it is time to sit back and watch how it plays out. Recently a friend has asked me a couple of questions about these services 1) Which one should he choose...
We all know about Uber the hottest startup disrupting the taxi industry around the world. But for those that don’t Uber is a new taxi app, (actually for legal reasons it is actually a ride sharing app) that is taking over the world. The app connects passengers with...
