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Archives for September 2005
Dubai’s winning strategy
I’m just back from a most amazing visit to Dubai, where I learned a thing or two about how strategic a government can be. Dubai’s leaders have figured out how to make the place attractive… Read more »
Dubai’s winning strategy
I’m just back from a most amazing visit to Dubai, where I learned a thing or two about how strategic a government can be. Dubai’s leaders have figured out how to make the place attractive… Read more »
Market Busters Finnish Book Launch
On September 8, 2005, Market Busters launched in Finland while Rita McGrath was in Finland teaching a workshop. Many thanks to Jussi Rissanen of Kanslia for his efforts in planning the successful event. Rita McGrath… Read more »
Air Miles Protection – Second Order
Well, here’s one I’d never have thought of. I just got a note from American Express offering me airmiles protection. It turns out that some bright spark over there must have figured out that with… Read more »
Air Miles Protection - Second Order
Well, here’s one I’d never have thought of. I just got a note from American Express offering me airmiles protection. It turns out that some bright spark over there must have figured out that with… Read more »
Choosing a mobile phone plan small business
I made these suggestions in response to a reporters’ inquiry on picking a mobile phone for small business:First and foremost for a small business is coverage. Even today, most providers in the U.S. offer shockingly… Read more »
A Smarter Economy
Our colleague, Walter Derzko, an avid student of new business development, is writing a book about a major category of MarketBuster move, which occurs when seemingly ordinary products get ‘smart’. From things like leaves to… Read more »
iPhone for positioning?
Is Steve Jobs playing the options game? In our book ‘The Entrepreneurial Mindset’ we argued that uncertain ventures could be treated as the real asset equivalent of financial options, building on a lot of great… Read more »
Framing at HP
I read this excerpt from a story about Mark Hurd (new CEO of HP) with great interest. It reflects exactly the power of ‘framing’ which is setting forth the parameters for your future business, even… Read more »
Alienware computers - the saga continues
Well, the computers arrived this past week. They got here when I was in Finland, so by the time I got home there was a smoking mound of packaging occupying the entire dining room, and… Read more »
Alienware computers – the saga continues
Well, the computers arrived this past week. They got here when I was in Finland, so by the time I got home there was a smoking mound of packaging occupying the entire dining room, and… Read more »