by jim muehlhausen | Aug 22, 2010 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, Hipmunk, Orbitz, Public Companies, Travel business model, Web Business Models
It is always an interesting debate – what is a business model change and what is not? The new travel site hipmunk.com is attempting to re-invent internet flight search. Founder Adam Goldstein has created a site which displays flights visually vs. a text...
by jim muehlhausen | Jul 26, 2010 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Tips, Business Model Trends, lottery business model, Public Companies, Success Stories, swoopo
Swoopo.com seems to be a mash-up of Black Friday meets the Lottery plus eBay. This ingenious business model allows Swoopo to sell a $699 iPad for $3,653? According to Swoopo.com, We are an internet company with a unique, worldwide business model. We are the creators...
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...
by jim muehlhausen | Apr 3, 2010 | Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, CVS, McKesson, Public Companies, Walgreens
Eventually, the brunt of the healthcare debate will turn from who gets coverage to cutting waste from the system. Anyone who has ever been to the doctor has seen the waste in the system. Unfortunately, tweaking the current system or beating doctors to see patients for...
