A new and very interesting book called “Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers” was published last week. It was co-created by 470 strategy practitioners and should offer you “powerful, simple, tested tools for understanding, designing, reworking, and implementing business models.” Sounds good, right? We sure think so. If you’re interested, [...]

From Business Model Design and Innovation:
Interesting interview with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails about the music industry, notably about business model innovation (hat tip to Peter Froberg of Freemium.eu). What an amazing industry to innovate in these days!

If you’re a regular reader on Kicks for Free, then there’s a good chance you have an interest in social media and innovative business models that’s above average. We try to write some stuff on these topics from our point of view, and it’s mostly from a cultural background. We sure hope you find our [...]

Alex Osterwalder is currently writing the book “Business Model Generation“. On his site, he writes about a section of the book called ideation: ‘the art of generating innovative business model ideas’.
“While working on this section I realized that ideas were not necessarily the problem. They exist in abundance within a company or an industry. [...]

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From openbusiness.cc:
A music scene called Tecno Brega making use of an alternative business model has emerged in the city of Belem in Brazil. This parallel music industry has been active for years and has achieved great success. Several hundred new Tecno Brega records are produced and released every year by local artists, with both the [...]