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Autodesk Pricing Spineometer: 4 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 17, 2024

Autodesk, a global software firm serving arts, manufacturing, engineering, and many other industries, had a positive FY 2024. Revenue rose 10% to $5.5 billion and earnings before interest and taxes rose 14% to $1.1 billion over the same period last year. A review of Autodesk’s February 29th earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. Andrew Anagnost, CEO of Autodesk, shared multiple high-growth opportunities.  AI,…

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Advertising, Part 2: Wheres & Hows

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 25, 2002

My last article clarified the economics and effectiveness of advertising in raising brand awareness and familiarity. Because small businesses often initially limit…

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Advertising, Part 1: Packaging Audiences and Marketing Investing

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 24, 2002

A business school professor enters the classroom on the first day and asks the class: “What is NBC in the business of…

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Marketing Portfolio Management in New Ventures

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 23, 2002

The best practices in marketing hi-tech new-ventures more closely resemble that of a targeted portfolio management than that of a general portfolio…

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Trade Shows, Part 3: Maximize the Impact

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 19, 2002

In the second article of this series, we explored a model to show the value of trade shows. While our model demonstrated…

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