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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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There are several ways to generate Revenue Streams: Asset sale, Usage fee, Subscription fee, Lending/Renting/Leasing, Licensing, Brokerage fees, Advertising and corresponding Pricing Mechanisms) Key Resources – Key resources are the assets required to offer and deliver the previously described elements.

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Does Your Company Come Across as Too Male?

Harvard Business Review

Then I showed them their own advertising — and that’s when the chief strategist cringed. He had no idea that the ad they’d just run to launch their latest mass-market device was so completely male-oriented. Every manager, male or female, saw the difference very fast, without any preaching on my part.

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In Product Development, Let Your Customers Define Perfection

Harvard Business Review

In an era of high-stakes innovation, there is no clearer illustration of how to develop new products the right way (and the wrong way) than a tale of two car companies. In fact, the advertisement announced proudly that the company was “kicking the finance guys” out of the development process.

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The $300 House: The Marketing Challenge

Harvard Business Review

As a result, it's extremely difficult to sell innovation to this consumer. A promise from a marketer is meaningless, because the marketer isn't part of the town, the marketer will move away, the marketer is, of course, a liar. Advertising is inefficient and ineffective. Mass market acceptance is rare.

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Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative

Harvard Business Review

In turn, reflection becomes the rocket fuel for experimentation, the lifeblood of high-level innovation, the spark of deeper meaning, and the wellspring of enduring purpose. The catch is that most companies dont know how to reflect. So heres how to craft your own reflection items. So throw Frederick W. After "what", ask "which."