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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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The $300 House: The Marketing Challenge

Harvard Business Review

A new product and approach and innovation could dramatically improve the life and income of a billion people, but those people have been conditioned to ignore the very tools that are a reflex of marketers that might sell it to them. Advertising is inefficient and ineffective. So how can the $300 House be marketed effectively?

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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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Making Room for Reflection Is a Strategic Imperative

Harvard Business Review

The catch is that most companies dont know how to reflect. So heres how to craft your own reflection items. On the odd occasion most boardrooms reflect, reflection often starts with "how." If thats what to reflect on, here are a few tips for how to reflect better. The catch is that most companies dont know how to reflect.

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How Africa Is Challenging Marketing

Harvard Business Review

The media-generated image of passive beneficiaries of international charity and financial aid is now giving way to one of active customers voicing their opinions on product performance, service quality, and advertising. This shift will play out most obviously in marketing communications and advertising.

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The Lonely Lobby of the Job Hotel

Harvard Business Review

In a noisy market it's harder for the right employer and candidate to meet, but there are genuine opportunities out there: organizations are looking for enthusiastic and capable people and don't know how to find them. But the mass market doesn't work for candidates or employers — every appointment is a niche appointment.

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