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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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OPEC (the organization of petroleum exporting countries) is a cartel that was set up in the 1960′s and represents the interests of the 12 biggest oil producing countries in the world with the goal of increasing prices of oil, a good supplied in limited quantities to a world that had insatiable demand for the product. Why the limitation?

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

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In a world where we’ve seen newspapers crumbling, record labels struggling and Blockbuster imploding and making way for the rise of Netflix it seems kinda intuitive to most of us but we can’t quite place why this happens. They are radically lower in price. So what did happen? And what does happen in many other industries?

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USC's Silicon Beach Awards and Presentations (Discount Code)

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USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. We will also recognize the next generation of innovators as we award over $50,000 to participants in the USC Silicon Beach Awards venture competition.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

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.” Bill Gross, who is one of the Godfathers of the Internet, once told me, “ If you don’t design a product that is 10x better than the competition then you’ll never build anything truly big or amazing.” We worked out our pricing, our tipping policies, insurance, logistics, package management – the works.

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How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom

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Stephen Sesar: It's no major secret that telcos have been increasing their prices, and basically selling high volume wireless Internet packages to users, with 5GB or 10GB of data, when in reality, users are only using roughly 1.5 That peak of 10-12 down is faster than normal DSL, and will be at a fraction of the price.

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What Can You Learn From Ring’s Astounding Success?

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Throughout all of this we saw a tinkerer, a problem solver and a completely obsessed leader who was competitive and wanted to win. But we were sure that Jamie would be maniacally focused on improving the product, marketing the dream to consumers and out-maneuvering the slower-moving competition. We weren’t sure.

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7 New Dimensions Of Market Value In This Digital Age

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Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

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