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It Will NEVER Work - Zipcar Shows Detroit A Thing Or Two About Cars and People

It Will NEVER Work - Zipcar Shows Detroit A Thing Or Two About Cars and People | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it
"It's an awful idea. I don't think it'll work," says Greg Mound, vice president of Americar Auto Rental Inc., a Somerville, Mass., rental company with 100 cars. Mr.
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

Lisa Gansky the author of The Mesh got me to fall in love with the Zipcar idea. Lisa's book is a bible for startups because it preaches how to use OPP (Other People's Platforms) to mash seeming dissonant ideas together to create a new idea, to create excitement and fill a market need no one even knew was there.

If that last sentence got your entrepreneurial spirit hopping then read this post about how Zipcars proved a thing or two by meshing it.

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What Kind of Online Influencer Are You? The Klout Influence Matrix

What Kind of Online Influencer Are You? The Klout Influence Matrix | Startup Revolution | Scoop.it

Robin Good: According to Klout there are at least 16 different types of online influencers, ranging from those who love to actively share and participate, to those who more quitely like to explore, observe and report.  

 

The Klout Influence Matrix identifies these specific 16 types:

Curator Broadcaster Syndicator  Feeder Tastemaker Celebrity Thought Leader Pundit Dabbler Conversationalist Observer Explorer Socializer Networker Activist Specialist

 

Source: Klout.com Full image matrix: http://www.jkspeaks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/klout-influence-matrix2.jpg 

Interesting. 8/10 | Thanks to Raymond Morin


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