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Discover the $250/day PDF Selling Method!While it may sound like clickbait, it’s actually a fascinating experiment I conducted recently. If you know me, you’re aware of my love for trying new things and my passion for entrepreneurship. I always encourage others to explore their own ventures. I’m constantly seeking knowledge and sharing my experiences. Previously, I created a video on […]
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💣 How will AI destroy itself 💥“Experts estimate that as much as 90 percent of online content may be synthetically generated by 2026,” the report warned, adding that synthetic media “refers to media generated or manipulated using artificial intelligence.” Source: Europol 3 consequences that we can already (fore)see: 1) When AI starts learning from AI The data used to train large […]
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🎮 Gamification for Business Growth: Lessons from Duolingo 🎓As a CEO, you’re always seeking innovative ways to improve your business and drive employee/customers engagement. Gamification has emerged as an effective strategy to motivate and retain both customers and employees. Duolingo, is a language learning app. Learning is difficult. Staying motivated is probably the hardest part of it. The app owners managed to change […]
❗Instagram and Snapchat
We’ve all heard the story of Facebook’s $3 billion offer to buy Snapchat back in 2013. While Snapchat ultimately turned down the offer, it’s hard not to wonder what could have been. Without Snapchat’s “Stories” feature, would Instagram have rolled out its own version? Fast forward to today and Instagram has added 250 million users to its “Stories” feature in just one year, while Snapchat’s stock price has taken a hit.
❗Indiegogo and Kickstarter
Did you know that Indiegogo, a crowdfunding site responsible for projects like Oculus Rift and Pebble watch, actually launched in 2008 – a full year before Kickstarter? Despite this, Kickstarter is often considered the “grandfather” of online crowdfunding.
❗ TikTok and Dubsmash
Another example is TikTok, the viral app where teens post videos of themselves dancing and lip syncing to hit songs. However, before it became TikTok, the app was known as Musically. In 2018, ByteDance merged Musically into TikTok, bringing a new level of popularity to the platform.
In the early years of Dubsmash, celebrities flocked to the app. In 2015, Rihanna teased the release of her single “B—- Better Have My Money” by posting a preview on Dubsmash.
There are more not-as-obvious cases including:
🏖 Airbnb copied the concept of online vacation rental bookings from existing websites like VRBO and HomeAway
🎵 Spotify was one of the first companies to popularize the concept of a “freemium” service, later copied by other music streaming services like Pandora and Apple Music.
🍕 Grubhub and DoorDash, brought the concept of restaurant food delivery by aggregating all the delivery services in one place later copied by other similar companies like UberEats, Postmates, and Deliveroo.
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💡Unlike a chemical compound, business models cannot be patented. Once a successful business model is developed, it depends on execution if the original business model inventor can extract value quickly or somebody else will capture value in the long run.
❌ On the other hand there are even more examples of companies which although had all the means, they didn’t manage to clone success like Twitter Fleets, Google+ (Facebook clone) or Amazon Fire Phone.
It seems like a confirmation that idea is responsible only for 1% of success.
Co-Founder @ MDBootstrap.com / Forbes 30 under 30 / EO'er
For years I've been working as an IT Consultant in countries like Netherlands, Belgium, Poland or India developing enterprise class systems for the biggest companies within domain.
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