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Mod Op Strategic Consulting has been working with clients in the private equity industry since our inception six years ago. We’ve helped PE firms win better deals by assessing the technical, product and business capabilities of target acquisitions and we’ve helped...
I am a longtime Netflix subscriber and one of the few people who still gets DVDs in addition to the streaming package. It is a company I admire, and one of the very few that has pulled off a successful pivot not just once, but twice. Pivot #1: Shifting from DVDs...
Back in March, 2015 I wrote an article on the company that I saw as the biggest transformation failure in the last 20 years: Sony Corp. At the time, the company was suffering from a combination of competition from Chinese and Korean electronics products that made...
Many Mod Op Strategic Consulting engagements revolve around significant transformations of how our clients think about, and operate, their businesses. We help them identify and execute on market opportunities, new digital products and services, new business models and...
As modern digital platforms replace old publishing models, any organization that earns revenue from publishing should learn to leverage its own “data exhaust.” That means taking maximum advantage of the organization’s main by-product: data on customers’ actions and...
Are you worried about competitors or upstarts nibbling at pieces of your business, or worse? Are you looking for new areas of growth or new product opportunities? Many clients come to Mod Op Strategic Consulting because they are looking to redefine their product or...
As readers of my blog posts know, I am a huge Amazon fanboy. After competing against them for 10 years at Barnes & Noble and being a heavy customer and Prime member for the last decade, I feel it is not hyperbole to say that they are the best operation and...
We’ve heard “data is the new oil” so often it seems like it’s time to move on to “XXXX is the new data.” But the statement is more valid than ever. And, unlike black gold, virtually everyone has data in their backyard, just waiting to be mined. Below are four great...
There are few harder roles than being a transformational change agent at an established company in a legacy industry. These organizations have a lot invested in their existing model, which often means forces align to protect the status quo and discourage fresh...
Does your company view selling PDF documents as proof your business is becoming more digital? We see this a lot in the publishing and information space, and the financial results are rarely good. Why? Because PDFs do not offer additional useful functionality to...