Money often costs too much – a look at Adyen (ADYEN:EN)
Deep dive into Adyen’s business model and competitive advantage
Tag: Strategy
To travel is to live – A journey through Booking Holdings (NYSE:BKNG)
What are the business models in the travel space? What is booking.com’s competitive advantage? Read more to get a crash course on booking.com
Is inflation around the corner? – Consumer behavior post coronavirus
How will inflation play out after Coronavirus? Is hyperinflation around the corner?
Strategy vs tactics – why do we get it wrong most of the time?
The difference between strategy and tactics is the most misunderstood phenomenon. 90% of the time the two are conflated. I recently read (twice, its that good!) the book 7 Powers: The foundation of business strategy by Hamilton Helmer. I highly recommend getting the paper copy of the book to make notes on and see the […]
Lessons learned in SMB fintech
In the last post, I highlighted that SMB’s are mostly a long tail business with a majority of the market at the smaller end of the spectrum. An insight that I did not appreciate going into this market is the amount of sensitivity to price. The statement that “There are three things that are most […]
Cross-sell is dead
Every companies’ strategy mentions owning the full customer relationship as a key goal. The thinking goes somewhat like this. We have identified a customer need in a super specific niche area inside a large industry vertical. Once we acquire this customer for this super specific need, we want to continue serving them and building a […]
The ultimate guide to product management hiring, Part 2: The hiring process
This post is #2 in the series of “The ultimate guide to hiring PM’s”. Post #1 is here. Continuing with the theme of approaching the hiring process as a product, the hiring process has two main goals: Targeting: Find the right person. Create an efficient interview process that provides a full view of the candidate. […]