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Re: Product Update: Project Team page and invites

alexosterwalder — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:46:35 -0000

:-)

Re: Natasha's Boston Sales Recap

alexosterwalder — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:58:47 -0000

@natasha Awesome summary! Too bad we don't have an app to capture the custdev insights you shared ;-) It will be interesting to track the outcome of these events over time!

Some important follow-ups there for the ToS and some around the Culture Map.

Great work & thx for sharing!

Re: Product Team Cuba Recap

alexosterwalder — Tue, 24 May 2016 02:19:05 -0000

Thx for sharing. Looks like you did a lot of great work.

It would have been interesting to learn a bit more about the outcomes. In particular, since many of the links to outcome documentation don't work (anymore).

Re: 15 Minutes Culture Mapping

alexosterwalder — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 03:57:28 -0000

Excellent that you tried it out. I'm happy to see you found value in it. Simplicity and practicality was a main design objective for this tool. Best, Alex

Re: What Makes Social Entrepreneurs Different

alexosterwalder — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:37:35 -0000

Keep up the great work, my friend!

Re: What Is The Net Native Model?

alexosterwalder — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:25:48 -0000

when the film camera was invented people filmed the theater... that's where we are in online education...

Re: How to Be in Business Forever: A Class On Sustainability

alexosterwalder — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:25:36 -0000

Fred, looking forward to seeing the Business Model Canvas in action :-)

Re: Business Assumptions Exercise

alexosterwalder — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:37:05 -0000

Excellent "lite" way to get started on business model thinking! Maps nicely into the Business Model Canvas #bmgen

Re: Lean Startups & Big Companies: Challenges and Recommendations

alexosterwalder — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:53:36 -0000

David, you nicely point out the challenges of large corporations when it comes to new products and business models.

Regarding this topic, I usually recommend the following book as a reference: "The Other Side of Innovation" by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble. It perfectly complements my own book, Business Model Generation.

Re: Average Is Over. What's Your Extra?

alexosterwalder — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:48:25 -0000

Excellent post, Bill! The age of mediocrity is over!

Re: Why I’m Stopping Out Of Stanford and Applying For The Thiel 20 Under 20 Fellowship

alexosterwalder — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:46:16 -0000

If they don't take you they make a big mistake!

Re: Why do we do this?

alexosterwalder — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:51:58 -0000

Thanks for sharing this, Eric.

I remember asking myself similar questions before getting on stage and talking about business models! And I can definitely appreciate the long and cumbersome journey of writing a book!!! I wish you all the courage you need and am be excited to read the results soon!

By the way, does lean start-up thinking apply to writing books?

Warm regards from Switzerland,
Alex

Re: Is the Entrepreneur an Endangered Species?

alexosterwalder — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:28:44 -0000

Dan, the way you are describing these online games is very cliché. In fact, they are very engaging and offer young people the opportunity to actively create and lead. They are definitely not passive. Try one out and also have a look at this post by a researcher at PARC:

http://www.nickyee.com/daed...

Of course the question you ask remains: does this this fosters entrepreneurship or not. I don't have the answer either. However, I do think it shows that the world is changing and that kids are engaging in other personality-building occupations...

Re: Is the Entrepreneur an Endangered Species?

alexosterwalder — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:05:05 -0000

Dan,

You are probably right when it comes to the numbers regarding iPhone app development vs cutting lawns. Yet, what if we looked at the numbers of kids building and leading guilds in massively multiplayer online role-playing game (so called MMORPGs)? That's quite entrepreneurial, even though it might be in a more non-traditional way...

Re: When Talking About Business Models, Remember That Profits Equal Revenues Minus Costs

alexosterwalder — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:07:57 -0000

Beyond the obvious rev-cost calculations the magic word is "scale". How scalable is your business without adding cost. Look at companies like Skype. They could scale their free offer to 340 million users without adding (proportionally) much cost... That means they could make revenues from 5%-7% of their users... The whole business is based on a small organization with a huge user base...

@rickg: As a business model coach I must admit that I agree with you... how can't people understand or implement these obvious business basics...

Re: Mint, Thrive, and the Business of Personal Finance Management Tools

alexosterwalder — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:06:03 -0000

Interesting!