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Due to it being a holiday weekend in the US this will be an abbreviated post. You will still find links to what I feel are 5 interesting posts concerning business strategy or business models, what has been cut is my comments/analysis. To make up for this I’ve included a 6th.
Enjoy and please let me know what you think.
People in Silicon Valley have focused on the set-top box as the lever to attack the cable industry. Cable boxes blow, but that’s a losing battle. So why is Apple TV different? Because Steve Jobs decided that not only did he not like the game but he also didn’t like the arena so he decided to create a whole new playing field.
Two months after Rupert Murdoch’s decision to erect a subscription paywall around the websites of The Times and The Sunday Times, thus removing their content from search engines, the bold experiment is having a marked effect on the rest of British media.
Looking for the perfect words to use in your presentation? Put the words aside for a minute and let’s create an avatar of a really persuasive presenter. Every one of them has these three main characteristics.
As publishers consider creating mobile video Apps vs maximizing their mobile Web for video, Apps provide a valuable, persistent connection with the most loyal and valued fans. In this video Bob Mason, co-founder and CTO of Brightcove, talks about the FT.com experience and his take of the future.
Just as it takes a community to raise a child, so too it takes a community of peers and advisors to launch a new business concept. That’s the thinking at the heart of UK-based Bethnal Green Ventures, a new school for people who want to use the web and mobile tools to create social change.
