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Profit Multiplier Model is seen in firms which try to leverage their base and build multiple avenues to build profitability. “LionKing” story can be the base and other multipliers can be LionKing Broadway movie, Lunchboxes, TShirts..This model is different from Multi component profit model where the product tends to be the same, but the packaging is different. In this model however, only the base like IP, Skills and assets are same, the resultant products are different

Profit Multiplier Model is seen in firms which try to leverage their base and build multiple avenues to build profitability. “LionKing” story can be the base and other multipliers can be LionKing Broadway movie, Lunchboxes, TShirts..This model is different from Multi component profit model where the product tends to be the same, but the packaging is different. In this model however, only the base like IP, Skills and assets are same, the resultant products are different

This type of profit model is more relevant for R&D firms which aims at a blockbuster and puts all the resouruces behind ONE product and then reap the benefits of the products if it succeeds / close the shop if it fails

Ever wondered how one creates the tag cloud which we see very often on delicious, technorati, amazon? Parsing the text and storing it in a database and then highlighting the text based on their frequency. Sounds simple..But what if you were to be given YAHOO’s parsing algo…So, here’s the way to go: Grab newsfeeds that you define. Use caching to make sure that they are not fetched too frequently. Stuff them into a MySQL database.