Rather than trying to predict when the pandemic will end or the final impact, which is impossible, now is the time to start planning for business opportunities in the aftermath of Coronavirus. I have never been a big fan of predictions, if anyone could predict the future or even trends their income would dwarf Warren … Continue reading “Finding Blue Ocean opportunities in gaming in the post-Covid19 world”
Key takeaways Finding and creating a blue ocean market (a business that turns non-customers into customers, rather than competing for the same customer) is about creating a new value proposition, not technological innovation. Technology is not why Uber and Starbucks are now worth billions, they created offerings that appealed to non-customers (people not using taxis … Continue reading “Value innovation is what creates blue oceans”
Last year, I spoke at Casual Connect in Tel Aviv about Blue Ocean Strategy in the game space (see presentation below) and multiple people commented to me how this approach was great but too risky. The belief is that while overall Blue Ocean strategy would be the best approach, it was too risky from a … Continue reading “Why Blue Ocean is actually the safe route”
For those of you who were not at Casual Connect and missed my talk on Blue Ocean opportunities in social casino and why they are the best path forward, below is a copy of my deck. The key takeaways are Social casino is one of the bloodiest of red oceans, with excellent well-financed companies competing … Continue reading “Blue Ocean Opportunities in the Red Ocean of Social Casino”
Anyone who reads this blog knows I am a huge fan of Blue Ocean strategy. Not to over-simplify, but blue ocean strategy is a methodology to find non-competitive market opportunities rather than fighting with other companies in an existing space. It is also a tactic popularized by Peter Thiel in his new book, in which he … Continue reading “App to find Blue Ocean opportunities”
The best and most empirically supported strategy book I have ever read is Blue Ocean Strategy and the authors of the 2005 book, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, just published a great article on the Harvard Business Review, “Blue Ocean Leadership.” The need for blue ocean leadership is highlighted by the statistics that only … Continue reading “Blue Ocean Leadership”
My pet peeve this week (and it wouldn’t be a good week if I didn’t have something to complain about) is how many people (entrepreneurs, VC, executive management, etc.) reference “Blue Ocean” without understanding the key concepts (and value) behind it. I have found the book Blue Ocean Strategy by W Chan Kim the most … Continue reading “The Over Simplification of Blue Ocean Strategy”
After 500+ blog posts, I have decided to pivot my blog in a slightly different direction. While I will continue to write about newsworthy items in the gaming space, over the next three years I will primarily document my learnings and journey as I pursue a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration). I recently started the … Continue reading “The next three years of this blog”
There are several critical business decisions that are driven, often subconsciously, by arrogance; one of the most critical is around recruiting and hiring. I often write about Blue Ocean strategy but despite its proven higher ROI, companies still regularly pursue a Red Ocean approach driven by overconfidence that they are simply smarter than their competitors … Continue reading “Up-skillOR vs Up-skillEE”
One of the most important issues any business founder or leader must tackle is how they are going to differentiate their offering. Everyone in your industry is trying to build a better mousetrap, counting on doing the same is not a wise move. Your competitors are looking at ways to be more efficient. They are … Continue reading “Building a strategy around doing the opposite”
The Business of Social Games and Casino 