by jim muehlhausen | Jun 29, 2010 | Business Model Innovation, business model shootout, Public Companies
The Business Model Institute is proud to present the 2010 Business Model Shootout. We will be comparing and assessing business models from some of the world’s best companies. We will compare: Apple Business Model vs. Intel Business Model and IBM Business Model...
by jim muehlhausen | Jun 21, 2010 | Business Model Secrets, Business Model Tips, Nestle, planning, Public Companies, Purina
One of the eight vital areas of a business model is creating proven sales and marketing process. I heard an interesting story from a former Nestle Purina sales superstar. She told me that Purina required all major account reps to spend every Friday planning. At...
by jim muehlhausen | Jun 14, 2010 | Starbucks, Uncategorized
One has to wonder if the once-vaunted Starbucks business model is in decay. For many years, Starbucks has relied on the overall customer experience as their defacto advertising. Now, Starbucks is engaged in an old-fashioned television, radio, and newspaper media...
by jim muehlhausen | Jun 9, 2010 | Business Model Innovation, Public Companies, Success Stories, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart Effect
There is a large segment of the population who believe Wal-Mart is evil. They kill small retailers to create low paying jobs and the like. However, I read something interesting in The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman. In this book, Fishman describes how Wal-Mart...
by jim muehlhausen | Jun 1, 2010 | Business Model Design, Business Model Secrets, Night Club Business Model, Panera Bread, Public Companies, Starbucks, Success Stories
The Freemium business model is sweeping the technology world. The simplest explanation of the Freemium business model is giving away a lite version of the product at no charge. In many freemium business models, approximately ten percent of the free users upgrade to...
