Last week I wrote about The Hipstery, focusing on the concept of using data to create and leverage “blind spots”. This week I’m going to talk about SeatGeek – a relatively new start-up that uses existing data to empower customers, and potentially alter the dynamics of the secondary ticket industry.
What SeatGeek does is gather information [...]
Entries from December 2009
Recent research: SeatGeek – using data to empower customers and alter industry dynamics
December 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: business · economics · social media · unbounded data
Recent research: The Hipstery – creating and leveraging Johari blind spots
December 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
My job as executive editor at nGenera Insight involves doing a lot of research about new business models and start-ups tied to the Web 2.0. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be sharing a high level overview of some of the work I’ve been doing recently. Today I’m going to start by talking [...]
Tags: business · economics · marketing
StickK: I love this idea, partially because I also came up with it
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Very early in my career, I was told there are very few new ideas out there – if you’ve thought of it, somebody else probably has as well. What’s rare is for people to actually do something with the idea. So I find it quite amusing when I see people get all upset about somebody [...]
Tags: business · social media
Seeking out new ideas, and why being open isn't always better
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
I do research for a living. A lot of it tends to centre on the Web 2.0. And the Chairman of my research group wrote Wikinomics. So I spend quite a bit of time out looking for new companies and business models, with a particularly keen eye for things that are “opening up”. But to [...]
Tags: business · social media · wikinomics