Strategy & Innovation

Business Model Canvas – Clubhouse

Clubhouse is the talk of the town these days; not since the early days of social media has there been this much buzz about an app like this. That’s because Clubhouse is invite-only and a complet…

Blockchain & Tips, Donations, Micropayments

Tipping. It is becoming a part of the new digital economy; whether it for online-only services or hybrid services like eGrocery delivery, this type of transaction is facilitated by innovative payments…

Business Model Innovation – eGrocery

More than 20 years ago, a startup called Webvan raised more than $800 Million with the promise to revolutionize grocery delivery at the height of the Dot-Com Bubble. We all know how that story ended (…

Business Model Canvas – New Media Publishers

#Media #Publishing #FakeNews The News is Fake, but the (information) War is real. Censorship has been taken to a new level in 2021, and as a result the market is responding by looking for new publishi…

Business Model Canvas – Uber

#Mobility #Delivery #Logistics It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an Uber. Is this the future? On the back of Uber’s autonomous vehicle tech, the current Business Model split betw…

Business Model Canvas – Food Delivery Apps

#Food #Delivery The Food Delivery Business is booming. But there is a catch … a fairly dramatic one; they don’t actually make money. The question is why then are investors pouring $Billion…

Business Model Analytics

Business Model + Analytics. We hear lots about business models (especially on this site!) and lots about analytics in the business world. But what do Business Model Analytics themselves look like? The…

Loyalty Metrics – Customer Retention and Valuation

‘Loyalty’ is a soft word in business – similar to ‘culture’ and ‘leadership’ – in that we intuitively know it matters but have difficulty quantifying ho…

New Retail & eCommerce

eCommerce is booming in 2020, while many of the world’s famed retailers are falling. The core of the retail business model is being reshaped, while customer expectations are helping to reshape t…

Retail – Woolworth’s History

Born in 1852, Frank Winfield Woolworth (F. W. Woolworth) radically reinvented retail in the late 19th and early 20th century, becoming one of the most revered entrepreneurs in American history at the …

Business Model Innovation – Ghost Kitchens

It is fair to say that the COVID19 pandemic has not been good to most businesses, but one of the hardest-hit sectors has been the restaurant industry. The mid-term effects have yet to be fully seen, b…

Business Model Innovation – Homeward

The inception of the ‘iBuyer’ marketplace in the USA is a curious new trend. What’s an iBuyer? That’s why we are going to look under the hood at Homeward – fresh off a $1…

Business Model Canvas – Zillow

#RealEstate #Sales Zillow.com Zillow started off like the Rightmove of the USA. In 2004, they created a platform that enabled consumers to search for homes across the United States to rent or buy. The…

Business Model Canvas – Rightmove

#RealEstate #Ads Rightmove.co.uk Rightmove is the UK’s dominant property search portal. On one side, consumers looking to let (rent) and buy homes search the Rightmove platform. On the other sid…

Finance: Customer-Based Valuation

The area of business valuations has always been a challenging field, especially given the increasing digitization and complexity of the global economy. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has creat…

Strategy – Game Theory

Game theory is an application of statistics and probability to try and determine what the other player(s) is most likely to do next. When trying to make your next strategic move, game theory provides …

Innovation – LTV Metrics

Many times when you are browsing startup literature you will see the term LTV (Lifetime Value), reflecting the long-term value a customer brings in relation to the cost to acquire that user. But LTV i…

Innovation+ > Timing

Timing is everything. Often times you will hear people say ‘I had that idea 5 years before …’ And that’s the kicker. Many of us will have ideas, many times before t…

‘Business Model Innovation’ Defined

What is Business Model Innovation? Innovation using the Business Model as the main mechanism, rather than product or technological innovation. Reinventing a business model – or creating a new on…

Business Models – Glossary

Below is a look at how to understand the lingo when looking at terminology related to business models, along with some examples of where you might see them on the site to put them in context. This Glo…

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