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Comment on A Business Model for Solar Energy by Alexander Osterwalder

Alexander Osterwalder — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:36:50 +0000

Thanks, Anders. Took me a whole day to make the presentation… I needed to develop some B2B examples for a client and this one fits nicely with my other projects.

Comment on A Business Model for Solar Energy by Anders Sundelin

Anders Sundelin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:28:05 +0000

Nice presentation and interesting business model Alex! You have also found a great way to tell a story with your slides using your avatar. Keep up the good work!

//Anders

Comment on Social Media and Business Models by Alexander Osterwalder

Alexander Osterwalder — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:32:50 +0000

Patrick, I couldn’t agree more! There is no “social media” dogma. Companies can have business models that work very well without using the buzzy tools of the day (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, etc.).

On Apple I slightly disagree with you. Though, they do not directly use “social media” heavily, they are masters of the rumor mill – which ultimately relies on “social media”. Apple is very good at indirectly building on the buzz around its products emanating from social media…

Comment on The Music Industry (part I) – what’s broken by The New Age of Patronage « Patrick Keenan .me

The New Age of Patronage « Patrick Keenan .me — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:10:14 +0000

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Comment on Ambition: Building Business Models that Matter by tim parsey

tim parsey — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:23:28 +0000

Cool points Alex. We’ve just formed a company called shiftalliance which is wholly focused on developing what we call ‘meaningful business models’. What we found was that we could aggregate all the ways that different businesses ( green, socially responsible, web 2.0 etc.) and certain academic areas ( positive psychology for internal cultures, presence based leadership for individuals etc.) create meaningful value for all their stakeholders across the business model into one methodology. We’re seeing some amazing ‘patterns’ which allow businesses to drive commercial success through meaningful value in very unique ways. We’re happy to share our approach if anyone is interested.

Comment on Social Media and Business Models by Patrick Stähler

Patrick Stähler — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:52:18 +0000

Alex, I like your approach to social media. In all big firms there is discussion going on, on how to use social media. Then they start writing a blog, starting a fan page for their products on facebook and then they happily believe they are hip since they use all these fancy new sites.

Well, what they forget is that if their business model is not suited for social media, just being on facebook will not change it. If your communication with the customer is more or less unidirectional then just adding an incoming channel will not improve your value proposition. It will just annoy your customers since you can not listen and react to them.

You show points how you can change your business model by using social media. But and that is important you can be a great company even in the internet without any social media. Just think about Apple!

So it is not important if you use social media. It is more important to have a consistent business model than a bad business model with a bit of social media hype.

Comment on Tools by Social Media and Business Models « Business Model Alchemist

Social Media and Business Models « Business Model Alchemist — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:00:10 +0000

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Comment on Business Model Generation on Amazon.com Now by Leadership — Business Model Generation on Amazon.com Now

Leadership — Business Model Generation on Amazon.com Now — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:07 +0000

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Comment on The Music Industry (part II) – two of the new models by Le Business Model de Spotify « Blog Party

Le Business Model de Spotify « Blog Party — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:55:04 +0000

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Comment on The Music Industry (part I) – what’s broken by Le Business Model de Spotify « Blog Party

Le Business Model de Spotify « Blog Party — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:36:22 +0000

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