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Re: The Information

emrecan — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:59:25 -0000

I couldn't ignore the similarities in The Information's design parameters to those of The Economist.

On a different note, we started paying for The Economist Espresso after many years of consuming free content on our mobile. Building on top of your reasoning, the "free news" industry relies heavily on pageview volume to drive up the revenue via ads, and this causes quantity to go up and quality to go down substantially. Seems like tranches of consumers will start flocking back to "less is more"-themed sources like The Economist and The Information in the near future.

Re: Karsamba is here. Living in the world of mediocrity.

emrecan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:37:37 -0000

This comes a bit late but hopefully it is still meaningful...

I didn't mean to comment on our ability to multi-task. In an oversimplified form, I am asking the following question: Are we better off with the substantial increase in our choices thanks to digital distribution? In a physical bookseller world, we were limited to a few thousand books displayed in Barnes & Noble, but we were sure about the minimum level of quality for all those books. Now, Amazon sells millions of different Kindle titles, but there is no single person acting as the gatekeeper for quality. So, what is the real value and cost of being flooded with content?

Re: Find the Revolution Before It Finds You

emrecan — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:46:26 -0000

I think the story is remarkable but I don't get the full meaning of the header: "Find the revolution before it finds you". The essay does a good job on finding a revolution. But, where is the "before it finds you" part? What happened to other financial institutions that didn't create the unique branch experience like Umpqua did? Some has failed, some others haven't but it is a slim chance that the creative branch banking was the decisive factor. So, I think the writeup needs some further explanation on the "before it finds you" side.

Re: Find the Revolution Before It Finds You

emrecan — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:38:49 -0000

The link to the case study doesn't work.

Re: The Real Secret to Thriving Amid Disruptive Innovation

emrecan — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:11:02 -0000

Mr. Fox,

You asked for a huge disruptive innovation success from established players in the media world. I am not sure if I could call it "huge" yet, but Amazon.com's Kindle initiative can be considered as a fitting example to the "success" part.

After spending years and hundreds of millions of dollars in developing technology and building fulfillment centers to provide the biggest selection of books on earth, you wouldn't expect a company to drive e-book sales, which would virtually render long-tail selection as a point-of-parity rather than a point-of-difference. In the physical book retail realm, retailers take substantial inventory risk to carry long-tail items (e.g. out-of-print books that sells 1-2 items per year). Amazon's competitive advantage in the market was built on its ability to provide selection that other traditional retailers couldn't economically provide. In the sense of disruptive innovation, an established player wouldn't disrupt its powerbase in providing the largest selection of books by switching to e-books realm and putting the relevance of its physical selection edge at risk. I think Amazon's decision to lead the e-book market can be interpreted as a possible answer to your question.

Re: E-book Sales Up 193% So Far This Year

emrecan — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:42:12 -0000

Yes

Re: hello.

emrecan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:26:28 -0000

Congrats on your new blog! I loved reading your stuff. Keep them coming.

Re: Why we need to avoid tempering with cycles of nature

emrecan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:43 -0000

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Cheers

Re: Peer Producing A Web 2.0 Keynote

emrecan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:03:21 -0000

Columbia University Graduate School of Business focuses strongly on entrepreneurship and runs a Eugene Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund, which led to foundation of several start-ups in the past. It could turn out to be a good resource.

http://www4.gsb.columbia.ed...