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...
by jim muehlhausen | Aug 1, 2011 | Business Model Tips, Business Model Trends, Groupon, Web Business Models
Groupon is a very profitable company with an interesting business model. There is no questioning that. The question is how long those profits will last if they can’t deliver to their customers. Companies dish out big bucks to get business through Groupon. Why...
by admin | Jul 29, 2011 | Business Model Secrets, Business Model Tips, Business Model Trends
A week before Groupon’s now infamous IPO was announced, the New York Times wrote a touching introspective on the company. Titled “Funny or Die,” the article suggested that Groupon’s success hinged on a simple and familiar commodity: words. Anyone who has signed up for...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 29, 2011 | Business Model Design, Business Model Trends, Groupon, Web Business Models
Groupon claims that they are on target to make over $1 billion in sales faster than any other company. They have purchased similar one-day deal sites around the globe and re-branded them as international Groupon sites. In June of this year they filed with the SEC to...
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...