Tag Archives: Value Innovation

Selling the Invisible

Have you ever tried to sell something that is invisible to your customers? Such as selling your customers on the value of your service over the competition? Generally every business has something that they sell, because you can’t touch it or see it, can be a challenge to communicate the value – or have proof [...]

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Indian MD’s Unorthodox Prescription

Innovative Hospital Cares for Nation’s Poorest – and Turns a Profit! That was the headline of a newspaper article in The Toronto Star on April 2nd, 2011 that caught my attention. Dr. Devi Shetty has built a thriving, profitable hospital business in India and they have achieved success not by charging more money, but by [...]

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Make the Competition Irrelevant

Book Review: Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne “Blue Ocean Strategy is the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low cost” The idea behind Blue Ocean Strategy is that most businesses operate in a Red Ocean – red from bleeding from the competition. The price squeeze and commoditization forces are causing companies [...]

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