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Vodafone Idea - Alien Retreat
The Indian government has effectively taken a controlling stake in Vodafone’s Indian affiliate (Vodafone Idea (VI). Its customer base...
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Feb 11, 20221 min read
Aliens and Your Enterprise #
What's the "So What" We talked about how enterprises can benefit from leveraging an Alien like Amazon to provide capabilities considered...
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Feb 10, 20222 min read
Aliens and Your Enterprise #2
Aliens and Your Enterprise #2 – How can enterprises benefit? Our last post covered why you should care about the concept of Aliens. It’s...
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Feb 8, 20221 min read
Alien Encounters with your Enterprise
EkaLore’s been releasing notes on Aliens (www.ekalore.com/alien-invaders) disruptively invading markets. This series may strike people as...
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Feb 8, 20221 min read
Alien Sighting — Google in India
How to acquire 700 million customers for only $7.85 a piece (not to mention 100,000 commercial customers and 2,000 enterprise customers....
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Feb 4, 20222 min read
Meet a Pharma Alien - Vir Biotechnology
(How to build a $10 billion company without really trying) VIR Biotechnology (Vir) is turning itself from a tiny company into a Fortune...
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Feb 3, 20223 min read
Supply Chains, Logistics, and Covid-19
The ‘supply chain crisis’ is used by media, politicians, and enterprises to describe why desirable goods and materials are not getting to...
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Feb 2, 20222 min read


Answering Objections to Higher Prices
In this inflationary period, a key management question is simple: When do we raise prices? In enterprises, the ‘voice of the customer’...
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Feb 1, 20223 min read
Alien Sightings – Amazon Cloud revenue in perspective
In our last post, EkaLore discussed the sheer magnitude of Amazon’s retail business revenue and its investments in that business. This...
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Jan 27, 20221 min read
Alien Sightings - Amazon Pre-Q4 Announcement Musings
Bookseller takes on retail and tech heavyweights Amazon’s startling financial performance is allowing it to become an Alien Invader in...
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Jan 27, 20221 min read
Aliens in Your Systems — Distributors
EkaLore defines Aliens as Category Killers, enterprises that invade from a completely different marketplace and upend short-circuiting...
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Jan 26, 20222 min read
Aliens in Your System - Manufacturers and Suppliers
EkaLore defines Aliens as Category Killers, enterprises that invade from a completely different marketplace and up end the traditional...
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Jan 25, 20222 min read
Aliens in Your Systems #3
EkaLore defines Aliens as Category Killers, enterprises that invade from a completely different marketplace and up end the traditional...
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Jan 20, 20222 min read
Aliens in your System #2
This is the second in a series about how Alien Invaders (as defined by EkaLore) affect different market players - Buyers/Consumers,...
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Jan 19, 20221 min read
Aliens in Your Systems - #1
In 2021, EkaLore started a series of posts introducing the concept of Aliens: Category Killers, who invade from beyond the relevant...
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Jan 18, 20222 min read
You’re selling the same thing as Amazon - How do deal with it?
Lots of products that were only available through distribution are now available from Amazon. If your business involves resale, what...
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Jan 13, 20221 min read
Outsourcer Talent Pool #2
This is part 2 our EkaLore’s series about Outsourcing Challenges in 2022 and beyond. Global enterprises need to refine and distill...
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Jan 13, 20222 min read
Outsourcer Talent Pool #1
Outsource service providers (including business process outsourcing) face challenges engaging different levels of customers’ management....
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Jan 12, 20221 min read
Forget the Ideal Customer Profile
Forget about the Ideal Customer Profile, Do you fit your prospect's Ideal Vendor Profile? Is there a sales book out that doesn’t preach...
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Jan 11, 20221 min read
Paper is expensive, said the Alien
In India, where regulatory and courtroom actions continue between Reliance, Future Retail, and Amazon, hourly billing rates at large firm...
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Jan 11, 20221 min read
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