“We recommend companies with new business models be patient for growth (to allow the market opportunity to unfold) but impatient for profit (as an early validation that the model works). A profitable business is the best early indication of a… — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“when FedEx entered the package delivery market, it did not try to compete through lower prices or better marketing. Instead, it concentrated on fulfilling an entirely unmet customer need to receive packages far, far faster, and more reliably, than any… — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“One way to generate a precise customer value proposition is to think about the four most common barriers keeping people from getting particular jobs… — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“The most important attribute of a customer value proposition is its precision: how perfectly it nails the customer job to be done—and nothing else.” — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“He sums up the importance and power of business model innovation this way: “I think historically where we [venture capitalists] fail is when we… — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“1. The opportunity to address through disruptive innovation the needs of large groups of potential customers who are shut out of a market entirely… — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“We recommend companies with new business models be patient for growth (to allow the market opportunity to unfold) but impatient for profit (as an… — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“when FedEx entered the package delivery market, it did not try to compete through lower prices or better marketing. Instead, it concentrated on fulfilling… — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Business models need to have the flexibility to change in their early years.” — Mark W. Johnson Copy Share Image