By Moises Mendez II July 15, 2022 Broadway is having a particularly tumultuous week. Between the news of casting changes at Funny Girl, starring Beanie Feldstein of Booksmart fame, and the closing-date announcement of musical newcomer Paradise Square, after actors were allegedly not paid and two lawsuits were filed against the show’s producers, theater … Continue reading Beanie Feldstein, Broadway, and TikTok: a musical drama built for the creator economy
By Brian Honigman April 26, 2022 “Have you been physically or emotionally injured by Duolingo?” asked the attorney, who promised to get victims millions in compensation. It wasn’t a real TV ad from a scummy lawyer, but an April Fool’s prank released earlier this month by Duolingo, the popular education app known … Continue reading How Duolingo built a successful $250 million brand by being kind of a jerk
By Jeff Beer April 16, 2022 There was 0.9 seconds left in Game 2 of the 2021 Western Conference Finals last June, and the Los Angeles Clippers were up on the Phoenix Suns 103-102. The Suns had a baseline inbound—and a sliver of a slim chance to steal the win. Suns forward Jae Crowder … Continue reading How the Phoenix Suns built a championship brand—off the court
Developers Create App That Tracks Users’ Lifetime Value For Marketers by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, December 23, 2019 Mobile app monetization company YouAppi wants to help marketers and developers find and retain customers with the greatest potential to make purchases — and who have the highest lifetime value — during the life of an app’s use. … Continue reading ReAppi Built To Boost Programmatic App Retargeting
Daniel Burrus — October 11, 2018 Follow @DanielBurrus — October 11, 2018 Technology can function as a key enabler for higher cognitive performance. Technology is as important for cognitive roles as it is for transactional ones, since cognitive work in organizations drives transactional tasks. With performance gains realized through transaction management software, the next game … Continue reading Turn Cognitive Challenges into Opportunities With Technology Built the Way You Think
Dave Sutton — August 13, 2018 — August 13, 2018 Few companies have as solid a reputation for supplier relationship management as Toyota does. The world’s biggest automaker has developed long-term, profitable and collaborative partnerships with its key suppliers over a period of several decades. In good times and bad, Toyota and its suppliers have … Continue reading Remarkable Supplier Relationships are Built on Story, Strategy and Systems
Kelechi Udoagwu — May 16, 2018 Follow @kelechiudoagwu — May 16, 2018 We live in interesting times where every industry is changing rapidly because of the infusion of technology – Retail, Transportation, Healthcare, Agriculture, Fashion, Manufacturing – no one is exempt. To build a business that survives and thrives in these times, entrepreneurs and their … Continue reading 3 Innovative Features Built On Social Media Business Owners Can Use
Snapchat’s program aims to win over mobile startups looking to acquire new users, the same type of advertiser that helped newly public Facebook overcome its ad problems. Tim Peterson on October 4, 2017 A newly public company with mounting concerns over the viability of its advertising business, Snapchat in 2017 resembles Facebook in 2012. … Continue reading With Snap Accelerate, Snapchat pursues mobile startups that built Facebook’s ad biz
Columnist Blaise Lucey takes a look at how lifestyle brand Life is Good developed an app that focuses on content, not just sales — and why it keeps users coming back for more. Blaise Lucey on June 30, 2017 For more than 20 years, lifestyle brand Life is Good has been guided by one … Continue reading How Life is Good built a content-first app with an 89% retention rate
Andrew Schulkind — February 16, 2017 — February 16, 2017 Buying an email list may seem like a great short-cut for growing your email marketing reach, but the chances of doing so successfully are small, and the potential damage is not. Here’s why. First though, why should we even care about email marketing right now? … Continue reading Better Built Than Bought – How to Build Your Email Marketing List
