by jim muehlhausen | May 20, 2010 | hooters, Public Companies
Oops, Hooter’s may have decided it’s in the pretty girls business after all. As the video below shows, appearance of the waitresses is of the utmost concern to Hooters. I would have sworn I saw the President of Hooters on the television show Undercover Boss stating...
by jim muehlhausen | May 11, 2010 | Burger King, Business Model Tips, Failure Stories, McDonalds, Public Companies, Success Stories
In the latest round of the burger wars, Burger King has apparently given up. As you can see from the following commercial, Burger King has apparently run out of ideas and has changed its model to “Hey, we are not as good as McDonalds, but we are cheaper.” This...
by jim muehlhausen | May 4, 2010 | blockbuster, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, Failure Stories, Private Companies, Public Companies, redbox, Success Stories
Coinstar, the parent company of Redbox announced record earnings this week. Net income tripled from the previous period. Clearly, Redbox’s $1 rental model with 20,000 locations is superior to Blockbuster’s retail store model. In their press release, Redbox is...
by jim muehlhausen | Apr 20, 2010 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, Private Companies, twitter
Twitter recently announced a significant change to their business model by introducing advertising on the site. Does this constitute a business model change? Yes! Twitter’s current business model has no revenue. Twitter’s new business model bets hat they have...
by jim muehlhausen | Apr 12, 2010 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, Private Companies, zopa
Most people think that banks take deposits and then re-loans the funds at a higher rate to borrowers. Also, most people think that bankers are extremely risk adverse. Nothing could be further from the truth. Banks are the ultimate risk takers. Banks accept huge...
