In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 1, 2012

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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Trout Reis Sports Brand 249

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

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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Reis Transportation Real Estate Tourism 78

Rajesh Setty

JULY 16, 2013

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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Ries Reis Audience Entrepreneur 70

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

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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Marketing Reis Brand Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

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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Productivity Products Reis FAQ 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Each of these executives offered plenty of ideas when the discussion turned to promotions, social media tactics, and marketing messages. They seemed to think that designing and managing the customer experience is a marketing function, as if the customer is only associated with marketing, and the store only with operations.

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Brand Reis Objective Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The buds of innovation are fragile, and are easily squashed by critique or a view of the competitive market environment. While many startups fail because of poor execution, I would argue that the majority fail because their product has no market. First, it’s easy to talk yourself out of a good idea.

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Productivity Products Reis Definition 8