First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 14, 2012

So, this week I presented my synopsis on the terrific book Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. The group was the entire team at a growing firm, one that is vibrant, alive, energetic… The kind of place people like to show [.].

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2023

Hint: remember to include your non-customers in your market research.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Peter Thiel, Zero to One ————— A couple of years ago, I presented my synopsis of the book Blue Ocean Strategy to an energetic team at an in-demand marketing firm. As a founder, your first job is to get the first things right, because you cannot build a great company on a flawed foundation.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

There’s a lot out there written about strategy (we’re planning on upcoming series demystifying it). One of the more popular ideas is Blue Ocean Strategy. This video, while a little off-topic, summarizes the reaction and success of the Blue Ocean Strategy quite succinctly.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 17, 2013

{On April 5, 2013, we will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the First Friday Book Synopsis, and begin our 16th year. During March, I will post a blog post per day remembering key insights from some of the books I have presented over the 15 years of the First Friday Book Synopsis. We have met [.].

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2023

Non-disruptive The pair, who made their name with their bestselling book Blue Ocean Strategy, chart a similar path. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne believe that not only is this form of innovation not as predominant as we perhaps think, but that other forms of innovation may actually be better for society.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

At the highest level, there are three propositions essential to the success of strategy: the value proposition, the profit proposition, and the people proposition. In this sense, the three strategy propositions provide an organizing framework to ensure an organization is taking a holistic approach to the formulation and execution of strategy.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Global firms have employed blue ocean strategies to cater their services and offerings to the BoP (Bottom of Pyramid). Many companies have derived BoP strategies from C.K. There are some excellent business & corporate strategy examples of companies implementing the BoP model. To quote the late, great C.K.

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CEO Blog

MARCH 15, 2012

I did not follow the process through for any particular company - rather, I read the book (so likely did not get the same value someone would who actually took the steps and did the exercises) One of my all time favorite books is Blue Ocean Strategy. Find Your Next is the how to guide for Blue Ocean. +

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LDRLB

MARCH 19, 2010

Strategy Thinking and the New Science – Irene Sanders. Blue Ocean Strategy – W. Podcast Strategy strategy thinking' 15:55 What are you reading? 17:57 What’s next for you? Referenced Resources. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne. Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

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Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Sure, you may understand the difference between a blue and red ocean, but it may feel like a lost cause if you’re already operating in a red ocean. It is never too late to implement new growth strategies and put your business on a new trajectory. It’s not hopeless though. Here are some thoughts to get you started.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Basil Peters, a famous angel investor wrote a book Early Exits - Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (and maybe not VCs). CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, November 15, 2010 Early Exits Angel investors and VCs all like to sell one of their portfolio companies. This is called the exit.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Make the competition irrelevant.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 12, 2016

That one-two combination goes by other names as well: strategy and culture; impact and engagement. When people talk about change and innovation and “blue ocean strategy,” they’re pointing toward Great Work. “I didn’t get to where I am now, young man, by being lazy.” What is this, clickbait? In fact, no. Being lazy.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

Strategy : In this chapter they look at the business model environment: context, design drivers, and constraints. It seems that they are adapting their work from Micheal Porters 5 forces. Process : This business model design has 5 phases; Mobilize, Understand, Design, Implement and Manage. This final chapter puts it all together.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2014

“I’m loving this blue ocean strategy.” And congratulations to our July–August caption contest winner, Lance Kelly of Manchester, Connecticut. Here’s his winning caption: . ” Cartoonist: Ken Krimstein. SEPTEMBER CAPTION CONTEST.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Kim and Renée Maubourgne, the authors of Blue Ocean Strategy , have influenced companies, not-for-profits and national governments around the world. In 2010, the government of Malaysia launched the third wave of its National Blue Ocean Strategy. The ideas of INSEAD professors Chan W.

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Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We will pursue a global channel strategy after we complete our I18N project. In the interim we might also look at piloting an Affiliate Marketing Strategy. In terms of exit strategy , our goal is an IPO but at the right price and the right partner, we won’t exclude the acquisition option.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2012

Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne of INSEAD have written a whole book about Blue Ocean Strategy as they call it, in which successful companies innovate their value propositions to attract customers who have never engaged with their type of product or service before. Many successful innovations work because they create a new market.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

We developed an analytic tool—the Pioneer-Migrator-Settler Map—to address precisely that challenge and, as we discuss in the new Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition , its beauty is that it can be applied dynamically over time to shift the trajectory of a company’s profitable growth prospects.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Business experts look at what we did and say that Dogfish Head followed a blue ocean strategy. In this way we may be the most traditional commercial brewery. Midas Touch remains a consumer favorite to this day.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 12, 2012

Capturing New Markets: How Smart Companies Create Opportunities Others Don’t Stephen Wunker McGraw-Hill (2011) How to locate, penetrate, and dominate in new markets or in new customer segments Opinions are divided (sometimes sharply divided) about where and how to generate new revenue sources when competing in a global economy such as the current one, (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 12, 2012

Capturing New Markets: How Smart Companies Create Opportunities Others Don’t Stephen Wunker McGraw-Hill (2011) How to locate, penetrate, and dominate in new markets or in new customer segments Opinions are divided (sometimes sharply divided) about where and how to generate new revenue sources when competing in a global economy such as the current one, (..)

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

In addition to the pure creativity tools, we also found that the training in the use of strategic innovation frameworks — Blue Ocean Strategy, for example — dramatically improves the business relevance of team outputs. They are ready to play.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

What is your strategy? How has that strategy changed over time? How do you make decisions about changing that strategy? That’s a serious problem, since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. Making a strategy without knowing your process is like sailing without a compass.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2014

There is no shortage of stories and anecdotes to illustrate how the best strategies can nearly always be reduced down to a brief but powerful statement and even more ink has been spilled describing the dangers of strategy statements that read like detailed action plans. Innovation Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

It was this received opinion Michael Porter was questioning when, in 1979, he mapped out four additional competitive forces in “ How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy.” Strategies for staying ahead. He was hardly alone — that was evidently how most economists thought about competition, too. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

What I am pretty sure about is that the how of Apple's fall (or continued rise) will hinge on strategy — because strategy has driven its success. Because strategy is all about making choices. To quote Porter: "Strategy renders choices about what not to do as important as choices about what to do."

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne popularized the notion of a blue ocean strategy , which focuses on new markets, rather than fighting it out in “red oceans” filled with rabid competition. The strategy gives Lego a strong negotiating position with mall owners who are in dire need to fill the space.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Renee Mauborgne - Co-author of Blue Ocean Strategy , Renee offered great insights on creating demand, most particularly on creating consumer demand where little or none previously existed. A recognized expert on strategy and innovation he is also the author of seven books. Hope to cross paths again soon.

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