the porous city

Measure customers, not dollars
Initiatives at Apple are evaluated by how well they create and retain customers, not on profitability

Combined with the fact that Apple basically never changes prices, you can see why (1) they're able to focus on quality and (2) they're so ruthless about operations.


last modified: 15:12:52 16-Feb-2016
in categories:Tech/Business

Comment

name*

email

homepage

No html.

what's the second letter of your name?

This is Lukas Bergstrom's weblog. You can also find me on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Tech
RSS, Collaboration, a11y, Energy, AI, PIM, Web, WRX, Storage, Net, Audio, Android, Mobile, Javascript, Business, Shopping, Data, Hardware, Crowdsourcing, Visual, Wearables, Medical, Social, Automobile, Product Management, barcamp, OS, Development, Web analytics, s60, MacOS, Open, Security

Other
Food & Drink, Toys, Statistics, Quizzes, Boston, Bicycling, Minnesota, Geography, Friday, Podcasts, Life hacks, California, Games, L.A., Housing, NYC, CrowdFlower, History, Berlin, Law, Travel, Sports, San Francisco, Transportation, Video, Clothes, Personal care, Agriculture, Surfing, Politik, Activism, Feminism

Music
L.A., House, Booking, Videos, Mailing lists, Making, Mixes, Hip-hop, Reviews, Lyrics, Business, Musicians, Mp3s, Good tracks, Labels, History, Shopping, Events, Streams, Boston

People
Exercise, ADD, Gossip, Health, Working with, Enemies, Me, Life hacks, Subcultures, Friends, Languages, Buddhism, MOTAS, Weblogs, Heroes, Family, Vocations, Meditation, Stories

Arts
Spoken Word, Rhetoric, Comix, Desktop wallpaper bait, Literature, Events, Humor, Visual, iPad bait, Poetry, Outlets, Movies, Sculpture, Burning Man, Animation

Commerce
Personal services, Microfinance, Shopping, IP Law, Marketing and CRM, Macroeconomics, Real Estate, Investing, Insurance, Web, Non-profit, Management consulting, Taxes, Personal finance, International Development

Design
Data visualization, Cool, Presentations, Furniture, Process, Tools, Algorithmic, IA, Architecture, User experience, Web, Type

Science
Psychology, Environment, Zoology, Cognition, Statistics and Data, Physics, Networks

Travel
Uganda, Kenya, Vagabond '08, Kingdom of Siam

Photos
Photos I Wish I'd Taken, Moblog, Friends

Philosophy
Mind

Mathematics

Internet classic

One Acre Fund

Subscribe to this site's rss feed