Scoring Apple’s Business Model Before and After Steve Jobs

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 scenarios.  You can see the results in detail below.  Apple’s business model score [...]

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Apple's Business Model: Before and After Jobs 2.0

With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, one question lingers in the minds of techies and business leaders alike: what will happen to Apple without Jobs at the helm? More specifically, what products will Apple release and how will the company's business model change without Jobs to direct the company into new sectors? How long [...]

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Howard Schultz Executes an Unassisted Triple Play

Hats off to Howard Schultz, chairman of Starbucks.  Schultz announced that starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will collect donations of $5 or more from customers to help job growth in the U.S.  With this "Jobs for USA" program, Schultz is collaborating with the Opportunity Finance Network, a nonprofit that works with nearly 200 community development financial [...]

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The Biggest Business Model War Today

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: Apple vs. Google. Business Model War The tech guys may [...]

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Is Annoying Customers Good for Your Business Model?

GameStop recently caused quite a stir with their core gamer customers by removing a coupon from the popular game Deux Ex. The coupon was included with the DVD and was good for a code that allows you to play the game for free using the online gaming service OnLive. It's a neat giveaway, and it [...]

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Will $99 Tablets Ruin Apple’s Business Model?

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 to be a profitable [...]

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I love spam business model

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 the culprit: xRumer 5.  This is a program [...]

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Kraft Snack Division's New Business Model = Cadbury + 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 company, it struck me that most of  the powerhouse brands [...]

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Kraft Acquires Cadbury for $19 Billion Only to Split Company 18 Months Later

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 Kraft's Business Model? According to Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld [...]

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Is Customer Retention the Achilles Heel of Groupon’s Business Model?

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 doesn’t the social  promotions site take their obligation more seriously? Revenues topped [...]

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