WebMD's revenue is now approaching $500M per year, nearly twice its revenue four years ago. It is facing an evolutionary challenge that all breakthrough companies wrestle with at some time before they reach $1 billion in revenue: how do they become a large firm without losing the entrepreneurial behaviors that got them here?READ»
Since December 2006, when Matthew Holt and Indu Subiya almost single-handedly began the Health 2.0 movement with Matthew's blog and their first conference, the entire world of health care has begun to change. And that's not a simple ...READ»
There are three primary sources of long-term sustainable competitive advantage: customer captivity, economies of scale, and preferential access to resources. Lock on to one of these early and you can build a barrier to competitive threats. WebMD focused early on one of these three: customer captivity.READ»
If you had the guts five years ago to bet on Google, then you would certainly have done well. But had you bet on WebMD, you would have done better. Since late 2005, while the Nasdaq index has netted little return for investors and ...READ»
You're successful. An entrepreneur who nailed your first startup, raising tons of VC and creating a great product. You feel like a regular Mark Zuckerberg.
But now you've come down with a serious condition: Second Startup ...READ»
Most of us came to know of Livestrong through the yellow bracelets worn on 70 million wrists to raise awareness for and fund cancer research and education. What started as a yellow bracelet dreamed up by Nike and their ad...READ»
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The health-care debate entered a "new phase" this morning, as news leaked that President Obama was re-tooling his plans for reform. But while pundits wait for him to make a major health-care speech next week, millions of Americans are ...READ»
Sitting around the kitchen table with your friends, one mentions that his dog is sick. Now you, being a dog lover, get concerned. You move the conversation over to the den, where your friends hover around a computer, searching online ...READ»
Apple [AAPL] CEO Steve Jobs sent a letter to employees today declaring his intention to take a leave of absence from the company until June. Shares of AAPL dropped about 6% in after-hours trading, as of this writing.
Since blaming a ...READ»
If you had to guess what type of site could grow its visitor base by 349% in 2007, what would it be? Some fashionable social network? Some free Web 2.0 app? I would have guessed ICanHasCheezburger.com, but then, I only know my own ...READ»
Learn how to transform a layoff into a savvy sabbatical -- a time to recharge your batteries and learn new skills without sabotaging your résumé. Author Hope Dlugozima offers tips for taking six months off smart.READ»
Over the past two years, health-care innovators have seen big promises about the Web give way to big disappointments. Now they're giving the Web another look. Have they stopped thinking big? Not at all.READ»
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It's a foggy, rainy December afternoon at the port of Redwood City, California--the kind of day that makes reality hard to discern, ...READ»
Last week I wrote about how long it takes to become a true expert. Today, I want to look at the opposite side of the equation -- at how quickly it takes to become an instant expert. By instant expert, I mean someone who has a bit ...READ»
In a recent report from Fox News and WebMD, research on preschool-aged children comes to an interesting conclusion:
A new study shows that children whose mothers supported their autonomy by giving them responsibilities and offering ...READ»
LidRock, a company started by Jeffrey Arnold, one of the founders of WebMD, makes mini-CD's that fit inside the plastic lids of soda cups. If you poke a straw through the lid, it'll go through the hole in the middle of the disc. And ...READ»
