PHIL SIMON
Why Mayer’s turnaround is nothing like Microsoft’s Internet challenge in 1995.
Category: Strategy
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
—Mike Tyson
Category: Strategy
Last to Cool
What can your company learn from Microsoft? Quite a bit, actually.
Data Is Not a Platform
Data is not the endgame.
Zynga and Cross-Platform Pollination
Understanding the gaming company’s moves to reduce its reliance upon Facebook.
How the Yammer Deal Benefits JIVE
Understanding Microsoft’s latest acquisition in the context of a “more social” business.
A New Kind of Social Network
In my latest HuffPo piece, I look at The Experience Project.
Platforms, Microsoft, and Two-Sided Markets
Understanding the virtuous cycle of platforms.
The USPS as a Platform
Should it become a platform or a plank in a larger one?
The Postal Service as a Platform?
Are we confusing planks and platforms?
On Platforms and Stickiness
In my latest HuffPo piece, I look at the evolution of Google and how it’s become a platform.