Mr Lewis

Tag: revenue

  • Revenue Model Innovation

    Over a decade ago, I made the acquaintance of CIO of a major Bank, and asked him to become involved in my small IT services business which was growing like a rocket; 0-$2M revenue in year one. He declined, and said that “he didn’t find our business model scalable”. After the rejection I thought “how…

  • Superprofits from the Arcade

    I just spent a week down on the Mornington Peninsula with the kids over school holidays. I tried to keep my mind on Kite flying and mucking about at the beach, but I came a across a small business that I found just fascinating in how they generated their revenues. On first glance it appeared…

  • 5 Olympic Sized Opportunities

    Having recently done a bit of work with people from the City of London, I have suddenly, but probably not strangely, become aware of the next Olympics due in July 2012 in London. Its also come to my attention that a number of Australian firms, that aren’t what you’d exactly call “sport” or “building” companies,…

  • Lessons from the Adult Entertainment Industry

    Fiona Patten and I were both born in 1964. At around 26 I made a major change in my life and moved from Western Australia to Victoria. I had actually planned to move to NSW, but never quite made it there as my intermediate move to Melbourne kept on getting extended. 18 years later with…