Category Archives: Strategy and the Big Picture

Objective, long-term, strategic, macro view

Conditional success

“If we can get two other customers to add 10 million units annually, that will raise our profitability to a level that would make us an attractive acquisition target,” Jeremy explained, as the rest of us listened intently.  Jeremy is … Continue reading

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Technology acceleration acceleration

The rate of technology advancement is accelerating.  It has now reached the point where changes are happening faster than our ability to not only predict them, but faster even than our ability to recognize the technology changes that have already … Continue reading

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Globalization, that nasty word

Globalization is a term that has come to mean negative things, for some reason.  I’m not exactly sure when it started, but sometime in the last ten years or so, a concept that used to be viewed as beneficial somehow … Continue reading

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The mind of the market

I was in business as an employee for fifteen years before I began to be a student of it.  It started when I went into business for myself.  That was twenty three years ago.  It’s amazing how interesting even the … Continue reading

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