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Toys ‘R’ Us Express

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13. October 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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On Daily Deals

Instead of lending rise to an ecosystem, GroupOn gave birth to a litter of niche-babies. The difference? The babies will eat your market share instead of sharing (finite amount of daily deals to be had). A platform play could have … Continue reading

13. October 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Review: Jack: Straight From The Gut

Made the mistake of reading Jack Welch’s book. It’s a terribly written, name dropping tome that reads like a list – there’s not much insight or meat here. That said, I’m not sure how interesting the story of a guy who … Continue reading

02. September 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Winer on Facebook’s Strategy

Brilliant take. The Icarus/Jenga strategy. We’re about to enter a phase when one vendor tries to break out from the rest, the way DEC did in the age of mini-computers, the way IBM did with the PC, the way Microsoft … Continue reading

24. April 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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In-Stream Twitter Advertising

The only ones that work on me are book advertisements. The rest are just extremely annoying. Especially because Echofon insists upon highlighting them for some reason. If they need to exist, just leave them with the rest of the tweets, … Continue reading

21. April 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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