final Flashcards
Q3 2016: what marketshare did business ground transportation (rental company, taxi cabs) have vs. uber
Uber: 52%
others (hertz, alamo, avis, etc): 48%
Mary Barra is the CEO of…
General Motors (GM)
Is uber profitable?
No
Approx how much does Jeff Bezos own of Amazon?
16.9% (worth $69.3B)
What’s Bezos’ great business achievement at Amazon?
Insights/data driven customer segmentation technology: Figuring out what customers want before they pay
How does Bezos’ customer segmentation differ from ours in class?
He rejects personas. Instead uses data analytics to construct a much more refined view of each individual person.
What’s the significance of Amazon AWS?
their biggest revenue generator
What are Amazon’s customer value props?
- Operational efficiency
- customer focus
- innovation
What’s amazon’s culture like?
Small working teams, few frills and perks, customer-focused
What was 23andme’s problem in 2013?
No FDA approval for diagnostic analytics
Which university did Anne Wojcicki go to? What’s her company?
23and me; yale; played ice hockey
Which university did mary barra go to?
university of GM (general motors)
which university did travis kalanick go to?
UCLA (dropout)
23andme case study
market analysis (lay of land)
(used secondary market analysis)
competitors:
- color.com
- ancestry.com
size of market? is it growing? economic outlook? others' pricing? regulatory threats?
23andme case study
market research (primary)
things we don’t know about the market or our product that we need to answer
e.g. what genetic consumers care about and what value can we provide to you
23andme case study
customer segmentation
what demographic are we going after?
e.g. young, energetic, health-concious people
23andme case study
SWOT
strength:
easy to use kit
results will be unique to you
weaknesses:
no actionable insights from genetic data
Don’t specify a particular target market
industry regulations
opportunities:
increase advertising platforms
expanding globally
stay in compliance with FDA
threat:
color. com (cancer genetic screening: linked up with doctor advice) and ancestry.com
23andme case study
positioning statement
Who is target market, what unique value do you provide, why should customers believe in us?
23andme case study
message
empowerment/take ownership of future
key message in “Lean In”
women (and men): step up when opportunity come to take on more responsibility, take initiative –> justify promotion
What are the 4 P’s in Dexcom? (note: one is different)
Product, Price, Promotion, Partners (not Place)!
Because Dexcom, they produce diabetic products, needs to partner with other companies.
Which group in the technology adoption curve is most important for long-term success?
innovators -> early adopters -> early majority adopters -> late majority adopters
early majority (NOT early adopters)
What’s the sales process?
- Opening: BRIEFLY introduce self and purpose, generate/capture interest, brief & specific & creative bridge to presentation
keep questions to a minimum
“I’m Craig, I’m here to work with you to relaunch this product. - Fact finding:
- 1 don’t ask what you already know
- 2 customize questions to demonstrate you’ve done your homework
- presentation (FAB):
3.1 customize based on what you learned in (2)
3.2 but trust the flow of the sales piece (tested).
3.3 use visuals
3.4 demonstrate FAB:
facts, “so what? how is this different?”, benefit: what does this mean for you - Assess Interest/Answer Qs (Objections)
- Seek Commitment/Call to Action (Close)
What’s an objection in sales?
A question voiced in a concern. It’s not a rejection. Rejection would be walking away.
What’s Craig’s preferred method of gaining commitment?
Sales benefit close (I endorse this…)
Management case study #7: Brook Lodge, MI
1996: clinton wanted to execute health care reform. They were gonna slash pharma to make healthcare universal & free.
Craig’s employer, Upjohn co, wanted him to pull together an educational conference: bring in clinton’s top doctor to speak at summit
clinton’s dr. offended most important customers by saying she was anti immigrant doctors.
Craig was asked to ask Dr. to apologize.
Dr said: “screw that, I say what I think”
His colleague at upjohn said: “The views that she expressed are not ours, we’re sorry.”
What did Dr do?
Calculate hourly salary:
base salary = 60k
50 weeks/yr * 40 hrs per week = 2000 hours/year
base salary = 60k
base salary / (hours/year) = $30/hr
Foundational retirement strategies
- savings (foundation)- this often leads to the number that people have in their heads where they can make different choices and they dont ever wanna go below this number
- Pension (only certain companies/orgs/govt)- 1in3 americans
- Social security benefits (after retiring @ age 66-70)
- MMWUS: make money while u sleep
- inheritance
- part time job
Types of interviewers
- mr too good for you
- robot
- buddy turned confrontational
- pro
Who believes in dressing appropriately?
Mary Barra
Examples of promotional materials
Product:
tagline, color/design/logo,
advertising, packaging, etc
ex. tesla-how far can i go? being green has never been this luxurious
What does FAB stand for?
Feature (fact)- what the product does
Advantage (so..)- how different (better)?
Benefit-what this means for you
What is FAB?
The sales message
Creating value in the mind of your customer
Flagship feature
the one primary feature you will build your sales message around
Pricing
- Regardless of the factors involved, the price of a product or service must cover the costs of the product/service as well as earn a reasonable profit
- what product/service is listed at
Cost
price paid for product/service
Value
is the ratio of perceived benefits to price
VALUE=perceived benefits/price
(demand driven factor(s) which can dramatically increase the price/cost equation)
3 Pricing Models
Products: 1. target cost pricing 2. cost plus pricing Services: 2. time and material pricing
Target Cost pricing
- products not easy differentiated
- market determines price (range)
- many competitors
- in order to make a profit you must make product fit into pricing structure
Cost Plus Pricing
- new or novel (unique) product
- you set the price
- market leader
- ex. tesla, iphone, rolex
- in order to maintain leadership and healthy profit margins: innovate, uphold premium brand image
Time and Material Pricing
- Due to variability in time and material, pricing is determined by amount of each provided to specific customer
- ex. accounting, law, engineering, uber, hotels, medical services, entertainment
Value Pricing
increasing product benefits while maintaining or decreasing the price