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Building a Better Middleman

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

In the previous article , I explored the role of the middleman in a two-sided marketplace. Frustration has a way of helping people overcome switching costs. The term “middleman” has a stigma to it. Mostly because, when you sit between two parties that want to interact, it’s easy to get greedy.

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Drive loyalty with better mobile experiences

Algolia

This is where a state-of-the-art mobile application is critical: Direct path to your content: When your users will be looking for your specific content, offering them a mobile app allows them to directly immerse themselves in your offers with one tap from their home screen. These are “Now Moments”. Consumers are all about apps.

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Jobs To Be Done

A List Apart

But more than that, the real challenge is in overcoming the natural forces in organizations that keep good ideas down. A software company I once worked for held what were called “hackweeks” once a quarter. This was a time for developers to work on “whatever they wanted,” as it was framed. Hackweek was a big deal for us.

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What Really is The Big Picture of Business

Strategy Driven

Pressures continue and accelerate for companies to stay in operation, become competitive, keep ahead of the marketplace and perform quality work. Executives are not fully prepared to handle challenges of the moment, much less to begin developing Big Picture thinking. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree.