Amazon, founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, revolutionized e-commerce and is now one of the most influential companies in the world, with hundreds of millions of customers across the globe. In just 50 minutes, you will find out how Amazon succeeded where so many young tech companies failed and was able to emerge relatively unscathed from the burst of the...
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Apple, founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976, is one of the most valuable and influential companies in the world. Thanks to iconic products like the Macintosh and the iPhone, it has won over millions of devoted fans and is instantly recognizable around the world. In just 50 minutes, you will find out how Apple made...
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Understand the essentials of the Blue Ocean Strategy Concept in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. The Blue Ocean Strategy is a concept which was developed by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne and combines strategy, marketing and innovation. The strategy redefines the classic method of representing development strategies and encourages businesses to use value innovation to break free from...
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Understand the essentials of the freemium model in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. The freemium model reflects the popular saying that "there's no such thing as a free lunch": in other words, nothing is free in the modern world. This business model advises companies to offer a combination of free and premium products, thereby attracting customers with...
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Google, founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998, is currently the most visited website in the world. The revolutionary search engine brought order to the internet, which by the turn of millennium was growing rapidly but also becoming increasingly tricky to navigate, and the company has since branched out to offer a range of other products and services,...
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Groupon, founded by Andrew Mason, Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell in 2008, is an online deal marketplace that relies on word of mouth and social networking to attract users, who benefit from enormous discounts on a range of goods and services. It was created in response to the global economic crisis, and soon spread to dozens of countries around the...
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Understand the essentials of the McKinsey 7S Framework (also known as 7S and the 7-S Framework) in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. The 7-S Framework is an organizational diagnosis tool which represents the components of a company visually, in the form of an atom. It is used in particular in the management of medium and large enterprises,...
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Spotify, which was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek, is the world’s most popular music streaming service. Users can access its entire catalog of over 30 million songs either for free (with scheduled advertising) or on the basis of a paid monthly subscription. This so-called freemium business model is widely believed to be integral to Spotify’s success. In just 50 minutes,...
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Understand the essentials of the Business Model Canvas (also known as BMC) in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. The Business Model Canvas is a tool which is used to conceptualize new business models and document existing ones, thereby allowing companies to create, deliver and capture value. The strategy therefore allows users to transform abstract ideas into business...
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Understand the essentials of the SWOT analysis (also known as the SWOT method) in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; these are the factors which have an impact on the growth of a business and should be taken into account when making strategic decisions and drawing up business plans....
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TripAdvisor, which was launched in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer, is the world’s largest community for travelers. Today the site hosts over 535 million reviews about hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions around the globe, and welcomes an average of 450 million unique visitors per month. In just 50 minutes, you will find out how TripAdvisor found success through a combination of crowdsourced content,...
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Wikipedia, launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, is the largest encyclopaedia in the world, with over 40 million articles in almost 300 languages and dialects. Its wiki technology makes it possible for anyone to add and edit articles, so the site is far more collaborative, democratic and responsive to change than traditional encyclopaedias. In just 50 minutes,...
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