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 [...]
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
Ning vs. WidgetLaboratory and the challenges underlying ‘open’ platforms
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments
The combination of Ning and WidgetLaboratory (WL) was a story that had wikinomics written all over it. The former is a platform that enables anyone to create their own social networks focused on anything they want, and they actively encouraged individuals and companies to innovate on top of the platform and make it even better. [...]
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