Sunday, January 18, 2004
Bottom-Up Economy

Fortune (David Kirkpatrick) writes:


As the Internet's influence grows, we're seeing its intrinsic egalitarianism and tendency to empower the small start to change many aspects of modern life. Customers today have more options and less loyalty. They will migrate to businesses that see them as participants in a process rather than as just consumers.

This new style of business, birthed by the Internet, is ignored at any company's peril. In an excellent new book, The Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value with Customers, authors C.K. Prahalad and Venkat Ramaswamy describe the consumer's new role: "from isolated to connected, from unaware to informed, from passive to active."

In the bottom-up economy, presuming you know what the customer wants is the ultimate error. Prahalad and Ramaswamy instead call for "co-creation of value": The successful products and services from now on will be those developed jointly—company and customer working hand in hand.


Adds John Robb: "Management gurus have arrived with a business oriented version of the Clue-Train (and they are going to make a mint on this)."

Ross Mayfield writes: "Its not just that the Internet created the opportunity for the bottom-up phenomenon to emerge. We are compelled by the necessity of our times to work together, be open to change and to continually tinker with simple solutions that work. Because of the degree of connection we are beginning to acheive, these changes may be more persistent and the emergent impact may be greater than we realize."

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Gosh now they are targetting blogs to do spamming. I keep getting this kind of mails one almost every 2 weeks, even on my office account.

Posted by Ramdhan Kotamaraja
Knowledge Base for Mobile Phones

Russell Beattie terms it "MobKnowledge"


The idea is not for "Yet Another Mobile Weblog" or a tips site, but a repository for hard info. The stuff that most people spend time scrounging the web with Google to find out right now. Access points, links to manufacturers, help on setup, device capabilities, etc.

I think they key is to use cellphones and computers in tandem - for what both are good at. Keep a centralised store of information, updateable and accessible from any device.

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From:micheal radci
micheal_radci0b@yahoo.fr

Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa
APPEAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

My Dear,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you in this 2004.I got your name and your contacts from this site and
I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the
recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation , I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business .
I am micheal radci the only son of late Mr and Mrs decot radci . My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to dearth by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special.
Before the death of my father on march 2003 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of seventen million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars. US($17.500,000)
left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .
I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22years.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.
Moreover, sir i am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominate account in overseas. Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourtee(14) days you signify interest to assistme.
please make sure that you whrite me today.
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
micheal radci


SO PLEASE I WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO ME THROUGH THIS MAIL ADDRESS micheal_radci0b@yahoo.fr

SO THAT I CAN GAVE THE CONTACTS OF THE BANK SO THAT YOU CONTACT THE BANK TO CONFIRM IMMEDIATELY OR YOU CAN CALL ME IN THE HOTEL WHERE I LODGE MY SELF+225 0786 4655

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