Here’s a clue. Membership in Amazon Prime costs $99.00/year. For that, consumers get free two-day shipping of everything they buy. (MORE…)
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Fore What?
In the U.S., golfers are estimated to lose 300 million balls per year; only a small number of which are ever recovered and re-used. (MORE…)
Who Owns Your Health Data?
In 18 states, patients are allowed to receive their lab test results directly from the lab. But in 32 other states, these results can only be given to the patient by a licensed physician. What’s the difference in two groups of states? (MORE…)
Life by the Bite?
The trend to “unbundling” of products and services is dramatic. Both consumers and businesses are demanding to buy only what they want, when they want it. (MORE…)
The End of the Checkout Line?
Research done by Aruba Networks in 2011-12 suggested that 56% of retailers expected to have equipped their sales associates with iPads (or other tablets) by the end of 2014. (MORE…)
Why Must We Work On The System — Not Just In The System?
You would think that after 120 years, laboratory science would know everything there is to know about how to reliably “grow” bacteria in a petri dish. And yet, it has been a mystery for decades on why the number of live bacteria grown on plates in the lab aren’t as high as counts from the… (MORE…)
Will 5G Wireless Technology be a Big Deal?
No one is talking about it very much, but the introduction of fifth generation (5G) wireless technology is worth putting into your planning horizon. My sense is that it can be a game changer for almost every business model. That’s the conclusion from recent conversations with several West Coast thought leaders and a recent IEEE… (MORE…)
How Can Produce be Cheap AND Good?
Stack it high, sell it cheap. Ever wonder why Costco fruits and vegetables are consistently the highest quality available? Perhaps because they are the lowest price — 16% markup vs. 50% to 100% for typical grocery retailers. (MORE…)
What Does Theil Say About New Business Success?
Peter Thiel is one of the founders of the payment company, PayPal. Thiel taught a course at Stanford University to help young entrepreneurs learn how to start a new businesses with a better than average chance of survival. His book, Zero to One, is written in large part based on that class. (MORE…)
Should You Pay for Shelf Position?
The average shopper spends 1.5 to 3 seconds picking an item from a shelf – not much time to choose on one brand over another. (MORE…)
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