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Business Models That Rocked 2010
- sz 16y agoAre users of #1 aware of what's going on?
- joelhaasnoot 16y agoDoes indeed seem high on the "scam factor". Not something I would like to see happen if I used the site.
- dhimes 16y agoWow. I wonder how upset they are going to be when they are denied insurance? And they'll probably sit there wondering why it happened. But if you try to tell them now they will blow you off.
- noodle 16y agoah, confused for a second. by #1, you mean the first company in the slide deck, patientslikeme not the one labeled #1, airbnb, i'm assuming.
- sz 16y agohaha yeah, sorry.
- mahmud 16y agoHere is the actual site, without the blogspam. http://www.boardofinnovation.com/2011/01/04/10-business-models-that-rocked-2010/ http://www.boardofinnovation.com/2011/01/04/10-business-mode...
- NIL8 16y agoI thought the slide show was designed very well. Simple and informative. It was a great way to get to know these companies and their business models.
- bayareaguy 16y agoThe models, from the slideshare notes[1] PatientsLikeMe.com Flattr.com Groupon.com Spotify.com PayWithaTweet.com HumbleBundle.com Free with in-app sales Quirky.com Airbnb.com Kickstarter.com 1- http://www.slideshare.net/boardofinnovation/10-business-models-that-rocked-2010-6434921 http://www.slideshare.net/boardofinnovation/10-business-mode...
- gacba 16y agoIs anyone else annoyed at PayWithATweet.com being called a "business model"? This feels more like the eyeballs-as-valuation strategy of the DotCom era, and equally flawed. The fact that you can get someone (or a whole bunch of them) to tweet about your product does not mean they will (ever) pay for something.
- hajrice 16y agoI'm kind of surprised that Groupon's business model isn't #1. It seemed to have the most influence and made most cash(again, this DOES depend on the market, but still...I highly doubt the market's are that different as the revenues between these companies are).
- chunkbot 16y agoGroupon is worth more than all the other entries x10-100.
- erikstarck 16y agoHappy to see two of them coming from Sweden (Spotify and Flattr).
- siglesias 16y agoI think good 'ol selling shit was a reinvigorated business model. Rovio?
- naner 16y agoWhat happens with the money pledged on Kickstart if the inventor fails to produce? Is any of it held in escrow until the product is delivered or what?
- rsepassi 16y agoVery interesting that more subscription models didn't make the list (Spotify is the closest but so few people opt for premium). And I only really see 4 business models here: Take a cut: Flattr, GroupOn, HumbleBundle, Quirky (40% of sales), Airbnb, Kickstarter Razor & Blades: Free with in-app sales Fee-based: Quirky (the $99 fee) Ads: Spotify, PatientsLikeMe And Paywithatweet does not seem to have a way to make money. I really like subscriptions, fees, and razor & blades. Take a cut is pretty good too, but you take the risk that nothing (or not much) gets sold. I don't like ads very much; the entire incentive structure is totally messed up. If you're not getting paid by your users, but rather by advertisers, you're not incentivized to create value for your users. There will be conflicts between the interests of users and the interests of advertisers, and given the incentive structure, over time and on average the interests of the advertisers will win out. What do you guys think? Any favorite business models or ones you particularly dislike?
- felix0702 16y agoWould it be even more successful if Groupon model adds what PayWithATweet does? When a Groupon user is happily taking a huge discount on a product, shouldn't be that hard to ask this user to take extra step to share this product information to his/her friends.