Tag: amazon
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Positioning Your Startup to Conquer Your Archenemy: The Ultimate Branding Exercise
I was recently advising a client in an incredibly competitive industry – think hundreds of millions raised, huge players in every major market, multi-billion dollar valuations… Suffice it to say, it’s a pretty crowded space they’re trying to break into. To make matters worse, they weren’t all that differentiated… their USP was weak. Which was […]
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Crypto, Decentralization and the Big Four: Blockchain vs. Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple
In the eyes of experts, when it comes to blockchain, there is often no middle ground — it will either be boom or bust, nothing in between. I for one have become a big proponent of blockchain technology, especially the crypto-economics used to jumpstart powerful network effects. But with so many opinions and noise floating […]
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Is Apple’s Greatness Fading?
Apple’s an interesting company — a true underdog success story that defined consumer tech and later became the most valued company on Earth. And while everyone knows Steve Jobs, few truly understand Apple — especially going forward. Warning, I have never really liked Apple (which is ironic as I write this on a MacBook Pro) and could be considered […]
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Facebook: The King of Communication
We are entering an era of unparalleled tech dominance. Companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple control more and more of our everyday lives, owning our data and everything around it. The inherent network effects and flywheels these companies built are unprecedented both in their scope and ability to stave off competition. This is the 3rd […]
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The Future of Google
We are entering an era of unparalleled tech dominance. Companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple control more and more of our everyday lives, owning our data and everything around it. The inherent network effects and flywheels these companies built are unprecedented both in their scope and ability to stave off competition. This is the second […]
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Amazon: The Company Consuming Consumers
We are entering an era of unparalleled tech dominance. Companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple control more and more of our everyday lives, owning our data and everything around it. The inherent network effects and flywheels these companies built are unprecedented both in their scope and ability to stave off competition. This is the first […]
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From Product to Platform — Inside Amazon’s Dominance
How to Build a Powerful, Profitable Platform from Scratch Bezos builds businesses like no one else — and arguably better than anyone. Each of Amazon’s 5 major divisions would be multi-multi billion-dollar businesses on its own. And each followed exactly the strategy. Let me explain.
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Don’t Mine for Business Gold When You Can Sell Startup Shovels
Get rich or die trying — that’s a common mantra among entrepreneurs, gangsters and drug dealers. I know that was my mindset. How can I hustle my way to a million bucks? That was the question I asked myself every day, and night. Looking back, this was the wrong question to ask. But as Kanye says: “Money […]
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Uber is Going to Zero and Benchmark Knows It!
“Moving first is a tactic, not a goal….It’s much better to be a last mover.” — Peter Thiel On the surface this seems contrarian. When is being last better than being first? Steve Jobs understood this. Apple didn’t make the 1st MP3 player or the 1st smartphone. Yet in consumer tech, Apple is synonymous with both. That was no accident. […]
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Ecommerce is Broken and Here’s What its Future Looks Like
If you haven’t heard, Amazon won ecommerce. Bezos’ juggernaut is the most powerful marketplace and brand the Western world has ever seen (get my analysis here as an ex 7 figure Amazon seller). But it isn’t the only game in town. Every year new startups appear, looking to compete and grab their piece of the […]
