The Digital Leader Newsletter
To Platform, Or Not to Platform — That is the Question???
Many think that “being a platform business” is beyond their business, their capabilities, and this quarter’s results....
Brian Armstrong’s Manifesto on Scaling and the Right Outcomes
Brian Armstrong, the 39-year-old founder and CEO of Coinbase, is starting to stand out in his leadership and...
Experiment, Learn, Repeat, Scale — The Latest from The Digital Leader Newsletter
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. —Thomas Edison I love the history of products that...
Stop Admiring the Problem — Be a Builder. The New Management Science of Being a Builder.
The annual Amazon Shareholder letters have been a foundation of counterintuitive, forward-looking, and actionable...
The Playbook For Today’s Market Volatility — “Do More With Less”
"The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention." — Jowett’s 1894 translation of Plato’s Republic1...
Default Alive and Free Cash Flow — The Playbook for Today’s Environment
What on earth is The Digital Leader Newsletter doing talking about free cash flow??? It’s a fair question and a topic...
The Amazon Marketplace — The Beginning of the End; Or Just the End of the Beginning?
The Amazon Marketplace business, which we launched in November 2002 with about 35 sellers coinciding with the launch...
What On Earth is Jamie Dimon Thinking??? From The Digital Leader Newsletter
A Business Insider headline caught my eye this weekend. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase since 2005, is perhaps the...
Following the Pied Piper of Digital Transformation???
Like lemmings, are most business leaders just following the “digital Pied Piper” off the cliff?
Making the Elephant Dance — Portfolio Strategy for Innovation
How does a company the size of Amazon consistently innovate? How do you get an elephant to dance? If you study Amazon,...
Amazon Way Poster
A cool visualization poster of The Amazon Way. Yours free to download
About John
John Rossman
John was an executive at Amazon.com where he played a key role in launching the Marketplace business and third-party selling platform and led the merchant services business.
Rossman Partners
