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The Bull who withstood the Monster

In the CEO Afterlife

In my blog of last week, entitled A Monster of an Idea , I gave kudos to the Monster Beverage Corporation for becoming a ridiculously -profitable, high-growth $2 billion dollar enterprise despite ignoring the Holy Grail of marketing commandments. A market did not exist for his brainchild; Mateschitz believed he could create one.

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What It Might Mean If We All Work From Home

The Horizons Tracker

They have been joined by companies like Ford, REI and JPMorgan Chase, all of whom have announced long-term plans for remote working. Of course, the corporate real estate market is not the only sector that will be affected by a shift to remote working. Indeed Pinterest has gone as far as paying an $89.5 Shifting sands.

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What Data-Obsessed Marketers Don’t Understand

Harvard Business Review

Big data has become the X factor of modern marketing, the hero of every marketer’s story. You may be thinking that data will magically turn bush-league marketing into a winning “Moneyball” performance. Data, alone, isn’t what makes marketing move the needle for business.

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7 Steps to Getting Your Startup Story Right

Rajesh Setty

Although Steve Blank and Eric Reis have made customer development and lean startup methodology household names in the startup ecosystem, there is still a lot of reluctance from entrepreneurs to actively start talking to target customers early in the Lifecycle of a company. Amplify means to extend the reach of your offering.

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Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra

Harvard Business Review

The fact that they are joined at the hip in so many people's minds means that marketing agencies are thriving — but that the rest of our organizations are not. Companies like REI, Kickstarter, Kiva, Twitter, Starbucks — they get it. Companies like REI, Kickstarter, Kiva, Twitter, Starbucks — they get it.

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Sell Your Product Before It Exists

Harvard Business Review

However, the real success isn’t in the amount of cash Coin raises; it’s that the minds behind Coin have proven there’s a market demand for their product using the only research method that counts: the market itself. Coin has managed to test the market without ever actually releasing the physical product.

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The Rise of Virtual Brick-and-Mortars

Harvard Business Review

There''s no question that Amazon''s innovation went right for the jugular of any volume- and price-focused retailer selling commodity goods like consumer electronics and household wares. But innovative retailers are responding to this threat by turning "showrooming" to their own advantage. The lesson for marketers is fundamental.

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