by jim muehlhausen | Jan 4, 2012 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, Business Ownership, Failure Stories, NBA business model, NBA lockout
After allegedly losing money for the last 11 seasons the NBA decided to alter its business model. This led to a 149-day lockout that claimed the first 7 weeks of the regular season and cost the NBA an estimated $480 million. As with most labor disputes the issue at...
by jim muehlhausen | Dec 5, 2011 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, free bar, free prescriptions, Meijer
In the world of the web, it is widely understood that you must ethically bribe your visitors with electronic goodies in order to get and hold their interest. In the good old days of the internet, these free items may have been as simple as a quick quiz, a newsletter,...
by jim muehlhausen | Nov 22, 2011 | Business law, Business Model Innovation, Legal Business Models, LegalZoom, Private Companies, Web Business Models
Since bridging the gap between full-service and self-service legal in 2001, LegalZoom has grown to the nation’s best-know legal services organization. Now LegalZoom is toying with their business model by moving from form filling to prepaid legal plans. LegalZoom is...
by jim muehlhausen | Nov 9, 2011 | Apple, Apple without Steve Jobs, Business Model Innovation, Public Companies
Steve Jobs may have been only one man, however, his impact on Apple was both significant and profitable. We decided to evaluate Apple’s business model with and without Steve Jobs. We ran Apple’s business model through the Business Model Evaluator under both...
by jim muehlhausen | Sep 26, 2011 | Android, Business Model Innovation, Droid, Droid Bionic, Google, iPhone 5, Motorola, Success Stories
The most recent battle in the Smartphone War is about to be waged. The contenders? Apple and Motorola Google. The iPhone 5 versus the Droid Bionic. But instead of writing yet another iPhone vs. Droid review I thought it’d be interesting to compare business models:...
by jim muehlhausen | Sep 12, 2011 | Amazon Tablet, Apple, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, HP Table, iPad
Apple has sold 25 million iPads since their April 2010 release. They currently possess 82% of the market and seem to show no signs of letting up with the iPad 3 coming soon. With a price tag ranging from $499 to $829 (depending on the iPad model) the iPad has proved...