CrowdSpring’s Contractual Model
Interesting new company, CrowdSpring, profiled here in Forbes. They want to create a new business model for graphic design. This story offers several lessons about the contractual component of business models.
The Economics of Video Game Production
Very cool chart here showing the economics of producing the best selling video game, Call of Duty: Finest Hour. This profile shows the economics of "real options" ….
Bud Selig, A-Rod, & the Moral Dimension of Business Models
According to USA Today, Major League Baseball Commisioner is agonizing about whether to suspend Alex Rodriguez for use of banned performance enhancing drugs. What does this have to do with business models? This case gets at the moral dimension of business models …
Choosing Your Coaching Niche
Choosing your coaching niche? Overcome the “fear of narrowness” by focusing on your “entry point of extreme credibility.” Are you good coach who is avoiding picking a niche for your coaching practice? The conventional wisdom about coaching says to pick a niche and focus on it. Why? By clearly establishing your expertise within a particular target market, you…
The “good enough” netbooks
The Economist notes here that Moore's Law is getting flipped upside down as customers choose "good enough" technology. Instead of buying new notebooks or desktops packed with more computing power, they are choosing "netbooks" with much less capability.