tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:04:05 +0000http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)Blogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108500395441750864Wed, 19 May 2004 21:50:00 +00002004-05-20T00:06:36.396+02:00Robert Scoble has a note on how invisible influencers can drive interest in products. As I just started reading Malcom Gladwell's Tipping Point (four years after all connected people I imagine), I look forward to re-read Scoble's article when I've finished the book. But I think that one thing that makes the online world different with regards to influencers is the ability for a person to turn himhttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/influencers-in-online-world.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108500298422310466Wed, 19 May 2004 21:25:00 +00002004-05-20T00:07:24.910+02:00Umair at bubblegenrations comments on the Yahoo Mail and resources comment I made a couple of days ago. Sometimes I wonder if he isn't a bit too into strategy (in a good way, though) for me to truly understand his reasoning, but still I have some comments. I don't agree with the notion that Google has a significantly more trustworthy consumer brand than Yahoo, especially not among American http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/yahoo-contextual-ads-and-switching.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108482338514810094Mon, 17 May 2004 19:11:00 +00002004-05-17T21:52:49.290+02:00Over at the excellent Searchblog John Battelle seems to have fallen for 24/7 Media's FUD campaign about AdSense and image ads. Just because the payment isn't based on CPM (pay per impression), doesn't mean that the advertising is free. Especially when Google will drop any image advertisment that yields less than a text-AdSense ad. CPM or performance-based (CPC/CPA) is about risk allocation http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/adsense-is-not-free-branding.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108471647542450083Sun, 16 May 2004 14:04:00 +00002004-05-16T16:09:42.186+02:00Umair over at the excellent bubblegeneration writes that Yahoo hasn't got the resources to compete with Gmail's 1GB of storage and its upping of the limit to 100 MB for free users of Yahoo Mail is done to please analysts. I disagree with the notion that Yahoo hasn't got the resources to make it work, as Overture's ContentMatch technology would only need minor tweaking to be an AdSense clone.http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/yahoo-has-resources.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108461817098985542Sat, 15 May 2004 10:47:00 +00002004-05-15T12:49:30.990+02:00Four marketing tips for the entreprenuer who doesn't want to spend a fortune on advertising. You can always exchange time for money, paying a high rent is often a cheap form of advertising, giving away free samples is a cheap form of advertising and what you say to customers actually matter.http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/shoestring-marketing.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108452708830167808Fri, 14 May 2004 09:23:00 +00002004-05-14T11:31:45.826+02:00According to an article in Financial Times more CEOs of big, public companies are thinking of taking their companies private. The cite the new Sarbanes-Oxley regulations as the prime motivation of going private. This could lead to interesting times for private equity firms and the likes of Berkshire Hathaway, as primarily mid-sized companies will have the ability to go private. But companies http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/regulation-costs-leading-to-mbos.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108448875489345053Thu, 13 May 2004 22:45:00 +00002004-05-14T00:52:34.893+02:00Convincing Electronic Arts to develop games for Xbox Live is no doubt a huge win for Microsoft. I assume EA was the real winner in the negotiations, as Microsoft had everything to lose by not having EA onboard. When I worked in the games industry I developed a basic rule for estimating the success of a console. If EA is supporting the platform, it will have a chance of survival. If EA is not http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/ea-and-xbox-live.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108448778269831435Thu, 13 May 2004 22:30:00 +00002004-05-14T00:40:23.473+02:00Lots of smart people have noticed this, but Google is clearly marching in the direction of becoming a portal. Or more specifically a new Yahoo. Search, mail, communities and news for the B2C-market is what makes a portal. The healthy ($500 million+ in annual sales) B2B-business as a advertising network and technology provider also mimics Yahoo. How Google will keep its brand as strong and http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/google-is-becoming-new-yahoo.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-108448469598928985Thu, 13 May 2004 21:33:00 +00002004-05-14T00:06:43.116+02:00I began reading The Toyota Way by Jeffrey K Liker a couple of days ago. I am about a chapter into it and I believe I'll enjoy it. The focus on operations coincides with a course in school, which makes the book even more interesting. Another book on operations I like is Eliyahu Goldratt's The Goal. http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/05/toyota-way.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107529609925450235Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:21:00 +00002004-01-28T14:23:49.733+01:00Big Music's Worst Move Yet. "The RIAA's newest legal assault on file swappers is pushing them to encrypted networks, where the damage could become catastrophic."http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/big-musics-worst-move-yet.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107529605705510771Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:20:00 +00002004-01-28T14:23:07.543+01:00The King of Rollups. "Not everyone was nursing a sore head, however. Take Michael Mullarkey, for instance, a former Sony (SNY ) vice-president, who surveyed the struggling startups left high and dry by the ebbing tide of venture capital and decided that quite a few of the outfits gasping for air still had something to offer. His focus was on those with proprietary human-resources applications, http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/king-of-rollups.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107404139820711028Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:49:00 +00002004-01-14T01:51:48.390+01:00Wal-Mart CEO promises 'tough love' approach to RFID use (ComputerWorld). "In response to a question, Scott said that his view of the time frame is that it's realistic, "but if it isn't, we'll back off." He said he met last week with suppliers, and "they were very positive in what they were doing." "I don't think they were just doing that -- I don't know what the technical term for it is -- wehttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/wal-mart-ceo-promises-tough-love.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107363471848270124Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:51:00 +00002004-01-09T08:52:18.920+01:00InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Thursday, January 8, 2004http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/internetretailer.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107347629466656095Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:51:00 +00002004-01-07T12:51:53.823+01:00Improving performance of modern Peer-to-Peer serviceshttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/improving-performance-of-modern-peer.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107347592680675711Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:45:00 +00002004-01-07T12:45:46.046+01:00The SEM Shakeouthttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/sem-shakeout.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107347588324778831Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:44:00 +00002004-01-07T12:45:02.500+01:00iTunes for Windows and Mac iSbogushttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/itunes-for-windows-and-mac-isbogus.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107347581650183351Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:43:00 +00002004-01-07T12:43:55.766+01:00Sanity, Inchttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/sanity-inc.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107347565061775230Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:40:00 +00002004-01-07T12:41:09.910+01:00Fiber to the Peoplehttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/fiber-to-people.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107347561057853392Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:40:00 +00002004-01-07T12:40:29.880+01:00Optimize Your Home Page for New Visitors.http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/optimize-your-home-page-for-new.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107346811846987463Wed, 07 Jan 2004 09:35:00 +00002004-01-07T10:35:37.803+01:00We hear the playback and it seems so long agohttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/we-hear-playback-and-it-seems-so-long.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107346804814465829Wed, 07 Jan 2004 09:34:00 +00002004-01-07T10:34:27.506+01:00Forbes.com: China Syndromehttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/forbes.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107308608423836888Fri, 02 Jan 2004 23:28:00 +00002004-01-03T00:28:22.473+01:00Fool.com: Netflix's Swelling Competition [Motley Fool Take] January 2, 2004http://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/fool.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107305927270424876Fri, 02 Jan 2004 16:01:00 +00002004-01-02T17:01:31.223+01:00SAP Ventures: Sales Teamshttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/sap-ventures-sales-teams.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107305119037732982Fri, 02 Jan 2004 13:46:00 +00002004-01-02T14:46:48.436+01:00Joel on Software - Archivehttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/joel-on-software-archive.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120802.post-107305115711910689Fri, 02 Jan 2004 13:45:00 +00002004-01-02T14:46:15.186+01:00Joel on Software - Bionic Officehttp://www.torstensson.com/valuechain/2004/01/joel-on-software-bionic-office.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Henrik Torstensson)