Customer-Driven Strategy

by David Baker | Aug 20, 2016 | Associations, Business Model Innovation, Corporate Strategy, Customer Strategy Review, Entrepreneurialism

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] [apss_share] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]At age 52, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is worth $66.5 billion and recently surpassed Warren Buffet as the third richest...

Oxford Companies Growing by Leaps and Bounds

by David Baker | Oct 19, 2015 | Associations, Corporate Strategy, Customer Strategy Review, Entrepreneurialism

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] [apss_share] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In June, one of the largest commercial real estate transactions on record in Ann Arbor was completed in what many...

Oh, by the Way Sales

by David Baker | Oct 9, 2015 | Associations, Corporate Strategy, Customer Strategy Review, Entrepreneurialism

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] [apss_share] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I have a good friend who owns a business representing and selling automotive assembly parts to OEMs. In addition to...

The University of Michigan and the MARS Rover

by David Baker | Sep 15, 2015 | Associations, Corporate Strategy, Customer Strategy Review, Entrepreneurialism, High Tech

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] [apss_share] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]On August 5, 2012 at 10:32 p.m. Pacific Time the world watched NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory broadcast the landing...

Local Residential Real Estate Market

by David Baker | Jun 15, 2015 | Associations, Corporate Strategy, Customer Strategy Review, Entrepreneurialism

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] [apss_share] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Ann Arbor area residential real estate market is on the rise . . . mostly. Many of the key metrics show a...

Don’t Seek a Queen Strategy

by David Baker | Mar 12, 2015 | Associations, Corporate Strategy, Customer Strategy Review, Entrepreneurialism

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] [apss_share] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A common mistake among novice chess players is to bring out the queen early in the game. But this often leads to a...