Ron Amadeo
MVP works when you have almost no competition, or if you are taking a radically different approach to what’s on the market, but it completely falls on its face when you are just straight-up cloning an established competitor.
Content: Quotation | Author: Ron Amadeo | Source: Ars Technica | Subject: Entrepreneurship
A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps
Sixteen years after the launch of Google Talk, Google messaging is still a mess.
Editor’s Note: This is a very long but fascinating look at how one of the world’s most successful companies has completely missed the boat, strategically speaking, over and over again.
Content: Case Study | Author: Ron Amadeo | Source: Ars Technica | Subject: Strategy | Company: Google
“How can they be so good?”: The strange story of Skype
As Skype turns ten, a look back at how six Europeans changed the world.
Content: Case Study | Author: Toivo Tänavsuu | Source: Ars Technica | Subject: Entrepreneurship | Company: Skype