The scenario: You have just discovered that you want to surprise your friend with a book that you know he would enjoy. It was published recently enough, and in the morning paper you spot that it costs only $10 at Walmart! You think, Wow -- that's cheap! But no way will I buy that from big, ugly anticompetitive Walmart. Thus, you decide to consult the quaint local bookstore and discover the book is $15. It then occurs to you that you will need to ship the book to your friend, and the post office is inconveniently located across town. After a quick Google search on the book, the first search result takes you to Amazon.com. There it costs only $10, and you can ship it directly to your friend for only a few dollars more. How convenient! Two clicks and it's bought and on its way. Amazon is already showing you a list of other great books that you might want to buy -- it's as if they're reading your mind! Wow.
The question: Why is it that monopolies on the web aren't seeing the grassroots movement that monopolies on the ground increasingly must fight?
Monday, June 7, 2010
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Much better video than your first. You didn't say "Um" once. :)
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Oh....and a second thing. Based on your previous comments....you should go to business school. :)
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