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 | 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 | Aug 25, 2011 | Business Model Innovation, Google Adwords business model, Google business model, spam as business model, Success Stories, xRumer 5
I would hate to add up the hours my company spends fighting and deleting spam on our blogs. It’s massive. Spam is not in our business plan or business model. It is simply an unfortunate cost of business. During my research on spam prevention, I stumbled upon...
by jim muehlhausen | Aug 21, 2011 | Business Model Design, Business Model Innovation, Cadbury, Kraft, Kraft Snacks, Nabisco
Information as to which products Kraft will place in the snack company and which will land in the grocery company are a bit sketchy. However, it seems that anything junk-foolish falls into the Snack side. After reviewing the products that would fall into this new...
by jim muehlhausen | Aug 18, 2011 | Business Model Innovation, Cadbury, Kraft, Nabisco, Public Companies
18 months ago Kraft (KFT) acquired Cadbury for $19 billion and became the second-largest food company in the world, based on revenue (Nestle is #1). In 2007 Kraft acquired Lu Biscuits from Danone for $7.7 billion. Why all the major acquisitions? What do they do for...
