by admin | Jul 30, 2011 | Business Model Design, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Secrets
I think the best way to evaluate GROUPON is the old fashioned SWOT analysis developed by Albert Humphrey. By way of reference SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business plan. Below we will look at GROUPON’s...
by admin | Jul 30, 2011 | Business Model Design, Business Model Innovation, Groupon business model, Groupon copycats, Web Business Models
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then daily deal site, Groupon, has been highly complimented by the countless copycat companies that have emerged recently. Could these copycats be eroding Groupon’s business model? Perhaps. But, by continuing to...
by admin | Jul 29, 2011 | Business Model Design, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Secrets
Yipit’s analysis of Groupon’s declining hold on the daily deals space indicates lower customer engagement, fewer deals sold overall and falling average revenues per subscriber for the email deal industry leader. In light of the company’s looming IPO, do these changes...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 27, 2011 | Business Model Innovation, Groupon, Val-Pak, Web Business Models
We asked some of the top business bloggers for their take on the Groupon business model. Over the next several weeks, we will be posting these articles on the Groupon business model. Our first post is by Vicki Thomas- Groupon is in the news more and more these days...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 25, 2011 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, Groupon, Public Companies, Web Business Models
Is Groupon “wildly profitable”? That’s how Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky described his company in an interview with Bloomberg in early June 2011. But now Groupon is singing a different tune. Groupon Inc. has filed an amended document for its planned initial public...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 6, 2011 | breastfeeding truck, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, new business models, Private Companies
What would you do if you saw an ice cream truck with a giant boob and nipple on its roof? WTF, right? Then you would have to explain to your kids that the truck was not selling any ice cream. This truck is called The Milk Truck, an on-call mobile breastfeeding...