Top 6 – September 2013
Published September 9, 2013
“You can’t ‘manage’ a crowd – or a community – through transactional exchanges or economic incentives. You need something stronger: shared purpose.” Nilofer Merchant, “When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd”, HBR, April 2013, p 82.
- Game-changing entrepreneurs co-create a future with that mutually benefits the co-creators.
- Game-changing entrepreneurs set goals based upon the means that they develop.
- Game-changing entrepreneurs limit losses to ensure their ability to engage the next game cycle.
- Game-changing entrepreneurs share with committed partners to increase their support.
- Game-changing entrepreneurs transform the unexpected into new opportunities.
- Game-changing entrepreneurs practice effectual logic over predictive logic.
About The Author
Tim J. Smith, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Wiglaf Pricing, an Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Economics at DePaul University, and the author of Pricing Done Right (Wiley 2016) and Pricing Strategy (Cengage 2012). At Wiglaf Pricing, Tim leads client engagements. Smith’s popular business book, Pricing Done Right: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World’s Most Profitable Companies, was noted by Dennis Stone, CEO of Overhead Door Corp, as "Essential reading… While many books cover the concepts of pricing, Pricing Done Right goes the additional step of applying the concepts in the real world." Tim’s textbook, Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures, has been described by independent reviewers as “the most comprehensive pricing strategy book” on the market. As well as serving as the Academic Advisor to the Professional Pricing Society’s Certified Pricing Professional program, Tim is a member of the American Marketing Association and American Physical Society. He holds a BS in Physics and Chemistry from Southern Methodist University, a BA in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago, and an MBA with high honors in Strategy and Marketing from the University of Chicago GSB.