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Internet Trends and the impact on As a Service
Mary Meeker is famous for the insight of her Internet Trend Reports so of course I read them. Two slides stood out in relation to the trend I am tracking and the report I am working on. I captured my views with some annotations.
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The end of ownership and the rise of usership
To own or to use is not a new concept. I started grappling with this at least 12 years ago when I worked for a technology division at Sony and we developed a mobile music streaming service with Vodafone. That was in the day before iPhone was launched, before Spotify, when the iPod was on…
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Update on As a Service Trends
I’ve not had a chance to post for a while and there has been a fair bit of activity in the space so I have quite a bit to share. I have also run a few numbers through the data visualisation machine and come up with the infographic at left – feel free to use…
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Update on As a Service Trends
Nuggets from the last few weeks. If you have any similar announcements, reports or good articles, please share in a comment as I’m collecting them for a new eBook / trend report 😁 New EV startup Canoo will only sell cars on a subscription basis. The interesting thing here is not so much about a…
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Update on As a Service Trends
As I think more about this whole space and track the developments in it with posts like this, I’m trying to envisage dynamics of the perfect business in it. That gave rise to the DanelDoodle at left. Just some fun and very quick so not sure they are absolutely right. I’ll get a better feel…
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Update on As a Service Trends
When Ikea considers changing its business model then you know something is afoot. The big news this last week was Ikea thinking about making certain items available on a subscription basis. Good article on that here where the screenshot at left is from. It’s looking at doing so on a trial basis so this will…
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Update on As a Service trends
In my new eBook / trend report I will cover the As a Service trend (see point 9 here for more on that) and the role customer success plays in it. This post and others that follow will document examples of where I see companies exhibiting behaviours of this trend. I first wrote about them…
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SaaS beyond Software – Automakers
The auto industry needs Customer Success managers. Geoffrey Moore, famed author of Crossing the Chasm and father of Moore’s law is writing a new book on Customer Success. This slide above comes from a talk where he is quoted applying the concept of customer success to manufacturing. I applied the same thinking in this blog…
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The connected car vision is missing a few connections
The connected car is the future for automotive companies. There is a lot going on in this space. I know because in my business, I have several customers in the industry. But you don’t need to be in the business to know. I recently purchased a car. It’s connected and awesome, I’m impressed. But my…
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