Image credit: Morning Brew on Unsplash Facebook Flywheel Timeline Business Model Tear Down Facebook seems more complicated than it is. Of all of the Tech Titans, Facebook has the simplest business model. Business model innovation can be understood as a factor of three physical forces: waves, flywheels, and business models themselves. Facebook Flywheel 1 – 2 2004-2007 Flywheel 1 Connect … Read More
Netflix Business Model Teardown
Netflix Flywheel Timeline Business Model Tear Down It’s hard to understand how tech giant business models work. We give companies like Netflix simple stories like “subscription” and leave it at that. Netflix indeed is one of the simplest of the top 10 tech companies in terms of having an open and fairly transparent business model. But let’s take a deeper … Read More
Tech Giants Report: Amazon 1Q2020
Sign up for the Tech Titans Series Amazon, Facebook, and Alphabet and Apple all report in these weeks with massively interesting insights for how they are responding to the crisis. Each tech giant moves with different strategies as they scoop up rivals, talent, and make big moves. next up: Amazon. Amazon 1 Quarter 2020 Key takeaways: We are the Borg. … Read More
How Are You Changing Your Mind
How are You Changing Your Mind? I’m noticing that I’m questioning my assumptions about people and places as this crisis reaches the peak week in New York. We hope. I’m noticing people, places, jobs, sectors and systems that I am considering in an entirely new light. Some of my long-held beliefs are changing. I’m also recognizing key people and sectors … Read More
Straight Lines and S-Curves: Predicting COVID-19
Straight Lines and S-Curves: Predicting COVID-19 We’re all peeled to our digital screens right now checking in on the world, our families, our colleagues, and th en trying to predict what all of that means for our selves. What I’ve noticed are fights breaking out based on what comes down to math and mental models. It’s curves vs. lin es. … Read More
Dominant Logic
Decode the Dominant Logic Business Models are often blamed for limiting what we want our organizations to become. The reason: dominant logic. Learn how to decode the mental models that keep us trapped. Clayton Christiansen, the late father of disruption theory, concisely defined the conventional wisdom about business model transitions. The reason why it’s so hard to innovate from within: … Read More
Circular Business Models: EU Roundup
Circular Models: How European Startups are Shaping the Future of the Circular Economy, Business-Model-First. Next week’s Supply Chain Meetup in NYC is focused on Circular Economy ventures, and I’ll be introducing leading-edge circular startups that I’ve met and interacted with across the EU. https://www.meetup.com/The-NewYork-SupplyChain-Meetup/events/267955933/ While NYC’s startup ecosystem leads in many sectors, we’re a bit behind when it comes to … Read More
Tech Giants Acquisitions
Sign up for the Tech Titans Series Amazon, Facebook, and Alphabet Acquisitions! Each tech giant moves with different strategies as they scoop up rivals, talent, and make big moves. https://youtu.be/uEO12dkesfs Key takeaways: Apple looks for value and high signal steps Google and Facebook scoop up many tiny companies for talent and also to prevent rivals Google and Facebook have slowed … Read More
How to Find Your Business Model: StartupFest Montreal
Business Modeling, the Game TL;DR Yes, you are living in a simulation How you die = punt on the business model Game progression = vital decisions leading to actions that unlock new business models Your reserves = courageluck:capital How to win the game: see the system levers, to take on the goliaths, to build a world with intended … Read More
Apple’s Services Pivot: From Hardware to Attention
Sign up for the Tech Titans Series Tim Cook announced a new era for Apple on Monday unveiling a streaming video service, news subscriptions, game subscriptions, and an apple credit card. Cook is trying to change the story we tell about Apple. Notice the event announced no new actual things that you can hold in your hand. This is a … Read More