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Bob Stroller and Platform

December 2nd, 2009 · Comments

One thing about being a dad of two little ones is that I have learned a lot about strollers.
Let me tell you: there are a lot of similarities between the stroller world and the car market.
The low-end of stroller market is like Honda Civics: reliable, sturdy, and plain. (Disclaimer: I have nothing against Honda [...]

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Demand generation lessons learned from Amazon Fresh

October 12th, 2009 · Comments

In an earlier post, I talked about how much I enjoyed the high-quality service and convenience of Amazon Fresh, Amazon.com’s grocery delivery service.
Today, I want to share with you a few demand generation lessons I learned from Amazon Fresh.
To generate more sales, a retailer has a few options:

have existing customer buy more each time [...]

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Business lessons from Steve Jobs

September 25th, 2009 · Comments

I just read a great Steve Jobs interview article on Fortune.com. I have to share with you my notes.

On choosing strategy: "We do no market research. We don’t hire consultants.”
On demanding reputation: “My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”
On Apple’s focus: “Apple is a $30 [...]

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Is Amazon Fresh the future of grocery shopping and more?

September 23rd, 2009 · Comments

“Not Webvan or Homegrocer.com all over again. Grocery delivery is extremely low margin. It’s not going to work.” That’s my initial reaction when I first heard about Amazon Fresh, amazon.com’s grocery delivery service.
But, Amazon Fresh has really impressed me. Amazon Fresh started to deliver grocery in limited number of zip codes in the Seattle [...]

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For at least one search term, Bing works much better than Google

June 11th, 2009 · Comments

Although I’ve been critical of Microsoft in the past, I have to say that I’m somewhat impressed by Bing.
I’m a fan of the PBS “Great American Scenic Railroads ” series. I have been to the official web site (www.gsrj.com) before, but I forgot to bookmark it.
Last night, I searched “Great American Scenic Railroads” on [...]

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