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Amy Shuen

Biography

Amy Shuen is an internationally recognized authority on Silicon Valley business models and innovation economics, frequent speaker at industry conferences and venture capital events, and an award-winning strategy researcher. She's taught high tech entrepreneurship, strategy and venture finance to MBAs, technical professionals and executives at Wharton UPenn, Haas school of Business at UC Berkeley, San Jose State University, CEIBS (China Europe International Business SChool) and Ecole des Ponts and Ecole Polytechnique (France).

Books

Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide
by Amy Shuen
April 2008
Print: $24.99
Ebook: $19.99
Bundle: $32.49
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Blog

Amy's blog posts are hosted at:
http://amyshuen.typepad.com/

More questions--Inside Web 2.0 executive panel at the Commonwealth Club and Yale Club of Silicon Valley

September 25 2008

We didn't have time in 1 hour to cover all the interesting questions from the audience.So I'll list some of them and post answers from the panelists as I hear back from them.Voice 2.0: Can we assume that all the... read more

Inside Web 2.0 executive panel at the Commonwealth Club and Yale Club of Silicon Valley

September 25 2008

If you were one of the fortunate 100 attendees at the beautifully-appointed Silicon Valley Bank auditorium yesterday, you know the answers to the following questions:1. What is Web 2.0 and what makes Facebook, Meebo and Jajah, Web 2.0 “stars” with... read more

Web 2.0 strategy story: Zahdoo social networking for families

September 14 2008

I met Srinath Nagabhirava, CEO and founder of Zahdoo at the spring Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008. We chatted while I autographed a copy of my book Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide. I caught up with Sri in September, just... read more

What CIOs need to know about Web 2.0 strategy and social media--ROI...

September 13 2008

Werner, an IT Manager for a large multinational foods retailer read the following social networking article in the CIO magazine where I'm quoted... http://www.cio.com/article/print/443064.He emailed the following question, one that is likely shared by other IT managers and CIOs in... read more

An answer to What CIOs need to know about Web 2.0 strategy and social media--ROI...

September 13 2008

My email answer to Werner and others with "ROI of Web 2.0 and social media" questions:These are great questions—the short answer is no, not yet… the long answer is that answering those 2 questions and putting them to work in... read more

Web 2.0: Destinations and Services

July 25 2008

I was going to post an exercise diagramming the value chains and business models of: 1. A traditional retailer selling T-shirts 2. A T-shirt retail store selling T-shirts and iron-on decals 3. A college campus bookstore selling licensed college T-shirts... read more

Prosumers & the Third Wave: Web 2.0 Strategy Research Seminiar

July 21 2008

In my endnote of this subject, I note that offline do-it yourselfers are well known. Alvin Toffler called them "prsumers" to empahsize the combination of roles of "producer" and "consumer". Kim and Maubourgne's HBR article disucessed how thiese new user-producers... read more

July 18 2008

Comment: There are many similarities between online and offline DIY. Offline DIY is usually done, though, for private consumption such as in the case of a peice of furniture or a toy for one's child. Whereas, online DIY is not... read more

Research Methodology: Web 2.0 Strategy Research Seminar

July 18 2008

Some thoughts on Research Methodology Before responding to the first comment I’ve received, I wanted to tell you a little more about my Web 2.0 strategy “research seminar”. I have the most fun leading graduate PhD level research seminars so... read more

DIY, Uploaders, Collective User Value: Web 2.0 Strategy Research Seminar

July 17 2008

Thanks to the Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide book reader who emailed me and asked when I was going to start my online Web 2.0 Strategy Research Seminar. Today. Week 1: DIY, Uploaders, Collective User Value In Chapter One: Users... read more

Purple Cows vs. Maverick Surfer

May 06 2008

How are prosumers, DIY and online uploaders using Web 2.0 strategy transforming the Fortune 500 and Fortune 50Million business landscape? It turns out to be as simple as Purple Cows vs. Maverick Surfers. Purple Cows: In the Startup School 2008... read more

Web 2.0 Strategy Research Seminar Online

May 05 2008

The readers of my O'Reilly Web 2.0 Strategy book forum know that I use the book forum as a web cafe or mashup between a conversation, a helpdesk and and strategy advice column--"ask Dr. Amy". In contrast, my blog is... read more

Web 2.0 Strategy Book Launch at Expo Wildly Successful

May 02 2008

Wow--for a short while I was a "rock star" book author at the Web 2.0 Expo, with rave book reviews from Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle, being video-blogged by Robert Scoble, audio-blogged for the Seattle PI, interviewed by the BBC... read more

How to make money with Web 2.0

April 23 2008

I caught a few of Dave McClure's slides presented during his Startup Metrics 101: Product & Marketing Wrkshop with Hiten Shah and Vanessa Fox at the Web 2.0 Expo SF. They'll be posted on his blog 500hats and slideshare later... read more

Web 2.0 Expo SF: Dogster Monetizes 50k+ Dogs and Cats (via Owner Community)

April 22 2008

Web 2.0 Expo in SF opens today but the Expo Hall and plenary talks don't start till Wednesday. I stopped by the 9-12 workshop titled Starting Up Strategies for Financing & Growing Your Web 2.0 Startup being presented by VCs... read more