of the “petals” relative to market size.) Steve Blank Show sizes of adjacent markets The Petal Diagram drives your business model canvas What the chart is saying is, “we think our customers will come from these markets.” That’s handy if you’re using a Lean Startup methodology because the Petal Chart helps you identify your first potential customer segments on the business
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Robert H. Smith School of Business BUFN 740: Capital Markets Fall 2014 Tuesdays and Thursdays Aug 25, 2014--Oct 13, 2014, 1:00pm—2:50pm, VMH 1330 Instructor: Yajun Wang Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00pm-6:00pm Office: VMH 4453 E-Mail: ywang22@rhsmith.umd.edu, Office Number: (301) 405-3412 Teaching Assistants: CP Sessions: Qi Xu, qi.xu@rhsmith.umd.edu (hold help sessions in CP, grade all homeworks and cases for session 0501, and grade hw #1,2,3 and case #1,2,3 for session 0502) DC
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SPOTLIGHT ON LEADING THE FOCUSED ORGANIZATION Spotlight ARTWORK Mark Dorf,//_path/untitled 73 2013, archival pigment print 60 Harvard Business Review May 2014 HBR.ORG May 2014 Harvard Business Review 6i SPOTLIGHT ON LEADiNG THE FOCUSED ORGANIZATION It's a sad truth about the workplace: Just 3 O ^ of employees are actively committed to doing a good job. According to Gallup's 2013 State of the American Workplace report, 5 O ^ of employees merely put their time in, while the remaining
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Francisco; however, they’re decentralized so every local Wells Fargo store is a headquarters for satisfying all their customers’ financial needs. This has led to a large customer base, which Wells estimates that one in three households in America does business with them. Wells Fargo has $1.2 trillion in assets and more than 278,000 team members across their 80+ businesses. They ranked fourth in assets, and third in market value of their stock among their U.S. peers as of March 31, 2010 ("Wellsfargo.com
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BUSINESS AS AN AGENT OF WORLD BENEFIT Title: TOMS Shoes: From Soul to Sole Organization: TOMS Shoes Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008 Region of Impact: South America Themes: Human Empowerment, Human Health Keywords: One to one movement, shoes, unique product design Reference No: 001153 Key Ideas TOMS shoes are the harbinger of what has been christened as the ‘one to one movement’- for every shoe a customer buys, TOMS donates a pair to a child in need
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Blue Oceans for Miniclip What is Blue Ocean Strategy? Blue Ocean Strategy is a study conducted by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. It was based on 150 strategic moves in business after the in depth analysis of more than 30 different evolving industries over the period of more than 100 years. In a nutshell, the study focuses on achieving the success in businesses not by battling hard with the competitors, but creating new opportunities, discovering new markets and forming new industries. It
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Anh Nguyen Connectative paper According to Business Canvas model, Airbrb’s most successful element lies on its internet business. Similar to Ebay model, Airbrb’s use of social links helps the business build brand reputation and enhances its transparency by using customers as their word of mouth marketing approach. Its online business simplifies payment and distribution process and provides a cost efficient solution for both the company and its buyers. Airbrb’s key success lies on its selection
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Blue Ocean Strategy Robert Lowe Principles of Marketing December 2, 2013 Abstract For a long time many businesses have use a military strategy in order to find profit in an existing market. Fighting for a competitive advantage and battling competitors over a piece of the profit. Taking this head-on approach only leads to an overcrowded market with a shrinking profit pool. This is what the book calls a “red ocean”. Blue Ocean on the other hand wants you to look outside the box and make the
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online and current, we will learn how key business theories explain and enable what is happening today in business when information systems are being used. We will learn how to apply management concepts to understand the opportunities created by, and threats arising from, the effective use of information systems. We will discuss how to analyze and design information systems for business and how those systems are used in different businesses and business functions. We will cover the use of spreadsheets
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course was the experiential learning. I was able to apply my new knowledge to my project, changing to a Common Review Date, and to my everyday work. For example, even if I wasn’t the person involved in a project at work, I was able to identify that Business Intelligence tools were being used. This provided me with a new awareness of how co-workers go about doing their jobs and how decisions are made. It’s encouraged me to wonder about what else is available to help us do our jobs better and more efficiently
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