"The way I see it, the value of data is that it's a language that can help you speak to the unconvinced to get that initial buy-in on why this stuff matters.
The executive learned that initial buy-in from the parties you represent was every bit as important as your direct interactions with the party on the other side of the negotiating table.
It also offers a way for Nvidia to embrace a cartridge razor model of revenue, with low initial buy-in but sustained higher revenue from subscription service.
Once initial buy-in achieved, only then brings up issues of mental health.
Based on these findings and from our own survey findings, individual smaller financial incentives for each respondent may increase initial buy-in from participants, and may be superior to large, one-time lottery draws.
Adam Bosworth cleverly used Microsoft's need to grow into a Web strategy and IBM, Oracle, Sun, and others' desire to create an alliance around XML to get initial exploratory buy-in from Gates, then brought the rest in for feedback, then turned around and forced Gates to jump in for real to stay ahead of the competition.
However, everything I see and hear about MySpace in the UK is that they are prepping a bunch of interesting things over the next few months, not least the launch of its developer platform, which seems to have had a lot of initial developer buy-in.
It was also revealed that Braley had bankrolled half of Cynamon and Sokolowski's initial $2 million buy-in of the Argos in 2004, and covered half their subsequent losses, in exchange for half of the 2007 Grey Cup profits.
"The initial buying is in the value stocks, but we should get some sort of catch-up in the Nasdaq.
Indeed, many sales break down in the clicks between hitting the initial "buy" button and completing a sale.
The initial buy I think scares people off.
