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Disrupting the Gaming Industry with the Same Old Playbook

Harvard Business Review

With a market size of $8 billion in 2013 Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) is becoming big business. million as of 2013. Some MMOG professional teams players can command six figure salaries, thanks to the finance provided by corporate sponsorships and advertising. Innovation Strategy' And what a viewership!

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000. Last year I spoke at a conference to an audience of VCs. The VC industry has failed to innovate.

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The Rise of the Mobile-Only User

Harvard Business Review

This is a large and growing audience whose needs aren''t being met by traditional desktop experiences. If you''re trying to reach specific audiences, you can''t afford to ignore mobile-only users. Internal data from some finance, healthcare, and travel providers show similar mobile-only usage. They get to choose.

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