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Scott_Culture
16y ago
Not a bad analogy
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Fartlek for firms
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How Woolworths might shake up the hardware space down under
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17y ago
They are more like the retailers... huge local players, but pretty shy about international expansion.
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17y ago
We need to be careful about equating company size with company 'nastiness'. The mining firms are (partly) of a huge scale because that is what is needed to succeed globally, and they have achieved the scale through very considerable interna
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17y ago
Not really, Walmart amounts to about 10-12 cents of every dollar spent in the US on fast-moving consumer goods. In Australia Woolworths and Coles/Wesfarmers account for almost 70 cents. At that level, it's not appealing for anyone to try
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17y ago
Who woulda thunk selling umbrellas could be so interesting? :) A 7-stage interview over 18 mths was a bit much, but there are some useful entrepreneurial insights there...
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17y ago
Pretty solid analysis. Yes, Facebook may be effective in changing the behaviour of a very small bunch of diehards, but these are a very small percentage of customers. Facebook as (very) niche markeing channel.
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17y ago
Nice update. The gumboots are cool...
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Love the lego music video
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Maybe some CEOs aren't overpaid
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17y ago
What a shame the IPO doesn't seem to be true...
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Chance to buy shares in Shaolin Monks?
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17y ago
But the blogpost is arguing that it is the tangibility of vinyl that is its savior, comobined with good sense of record labels to also provide the download...
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17y ago
They are only showing that the size of attack is predictable, not the timing...
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17y ago
Great find. These'll get a run in my classes for sure...
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Has Amazon caught the forward integration bug?
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17y ago
Amazon's supposed push into bricks and mortar would fit under that banner too... although I'm not sure where the transaction cost arguments would fit in...
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17y ago
Not the sort of thing one likes to think about, but glad Facebook have (thought of it)...
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Crazy pimped bikes with speakers on them
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Doing the right thing at Ben & Jerry's
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