Tag: strategy

• The Difference Between a First Mover and a Category Creator

  December 1, 2019

  Last year, when SAP spent $8 billion to acquire the online research firm Qualtrics, a price that was roughly 14 times the company’s projected 2019 sales, SAP’s CEO defended the… more ›

• The complete guide to onboarding customers for long-term success

  October 27, 2019

  Good onboarding isn’t just about introducing new signups to your product’s features – it’s a continual process of guiding people towards success with your product. https://www.intercom.com/blog/onboarding-guide/ more ›

• How Much of the New American Songbook Will Be Sung in Spanish?

  September 14, 2019

  Is it really possible that today’s Latino musicians will be remembered primarily via the dude from Matchbox Twenty? Slate’s New American Songbook, a project dedicated to predicting which songs from… more ›

• The illuminating absence of Donald Trump

  August 29, 2019

  Much has already been said, and much will continue to surface on our media feeds in the future about Dave Chappelle’s “Sticks & Stones” Netflix special. What has been said… more ›

• Strategy

  July 20, 2019

  I’ve spent 25 years thinking about what happens when organisations and services meet the internet. Someone doing due dilligence on a company I advise called me on that claim recently,… more ›

• Russell Davies’s strategy advice

  July 20, 2019

  Last year, I met the excellent Russell Davies to ask his advice on how to create a strategy. Russell was the Director of Strategy at the Government Digital Service while… more ›

• Bonsai Brands

  July 2, 2019

  The energy in the DTC sector is undeniable. In just about every vertical we see new businesses taking advantage of the evaporation of friction in launching an ecommerce brand. With… more ›

• ‘Quality’ Is a Distraction – If It Exists at All (Netflix Misunderstandings, Pt. 6)

  June 15, 2019

  The first lesson you learn when you start working in Hollywood is that everyone you know has an opinion to offer on the content you do (or choose not to)… more ›

• Axios

  January 14, 2019

  If Main Street is going to be saved, enduring American vanity will be among the primary reasons. https://www.axios.com/deep-dive-future-retail-self-care-a7e769e0-180c-46dc-9399-ed6a12a8371a.html more ›

• Metabolism (architecture)

  January 1, 2019

  Metabolism (新陳代謝, shinchintaisha) was a post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism_(architecture) more ›