business
Walled gardens
From xkcd’s ”Instagram” webcomic. Reminds me of how, when you’re not paying for the service, it is subject to disappear or close without previous notice — it also reminds me of “walled gardens”, term used in the context of technology to describe a platform that is not easily extensible or open.
-In determining product features, think as if you are decorating a small house. Don’t make your users feel claustrophobic as if they’re in a small, crowded space with a lot of furniture.
Emrah Yayici • LEAN Business Analysis Mentor Book
If the opposite of your strategy is a bad strategy, then your strategy is not a good strategy. Arguably, you’re just avoiding stupidity.
Cal Paterson discute qual é o modelo de negócios por detrás da Inteligência Artificial, sobretudo dos LLMs, e o coloca entre dois extremos — empresas aéreas e a Coca-Cola. Muito interessante.
Jeff Bezos once said:
“If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people. But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people, because very few companies are willing to do that.... See more
“At Amazon we like things to work in five to
Pre-gaming Cold Emails - Cup of Zhou
The total addressable market is a term that describes the complete potential opportunity.
Scott Pollack • What, Exactly, Is Business Development?
Business Development is creating long-term value for an organization from customers, markets, and relationships.
Scott Pollack • What, Exactly, Is Business Development?
Traficantes de drogas são empresários astutos. Têm tanta confiança no seu produto que estão dispostos a começar oferecendo uma amostra grátis. Eles sabem que o cliente vai voltar – e com dinheiro. Faça como eles. Crie algo tão bom, viciante e infalível que dar amostras aos consumidores os faça voltar com dinheiro na mão.
Jason Fried • Reinvente Sua Empresa
the strange evolution of airlines into quasi-banks reflects how badly deregulation has gone. Regulation carefully set the terms under which airlines could do business. It was designed to ensure that they remained a stable business and a reliable mode of transportation. Deregulation, in turn, allowed the airlines to pursue profits in whatever way th
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