A company can seize extra-ordinary opportunities only if it is very good at the ordinary operations.
Source: Marcel Telles, Chairman and CEO of Brahma
Entries from March 25th, 2009
Quote on operational excellence
March 25th, 2009 No Comments
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Agile Business Models
March 24th, 2009 No Comments
Successful new businesses typically revise their business models four times or so on the road to profitability.Reinventing Your Business Model - HBR.org
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Disruptive Technologies Improve at Rapid Pace
March 24th, 2009 No Comments
Between 1976 and 1992, disk-drive performance improved at a stunning rate: the physical size of a 100-megabyte (MB) system shrank from 5,400 to 8 cubic inches, and the cost per MB fell from $560 to $5.Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave - HBR.org
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Some interesting immigrant market segment numbers
March 18th, 2009 No Comments
Each year, 85,000 H-1B visas are granted for foreigners with advanced skills and education, and last year, 163,000 petitions were filed in the first five days after applications were accepted.
In 2006, foreign nationals residing in the U.S. were listed as inventors on 25.6% of the patent applications filed in the U.S., up from 7.6% in [...]
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Powerful Untapped Market segment: 50+ Americans
March 17th, 2009 No Comments
Over the next 10 years, the Older Americans segment (50+) is projected to grow 23%. By 2020, this market segment should be nearing 119 million people and represent 35% of the total population, as provided by the US Census.
78% of 50-54 year olds are online
45% of 70-75 year olds are online
67% of 70-somethings use a [...]
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No one still knows how to monetize social media
March 17th, 2009 No Comments
Forrester Research found that while half of marketers said they would boost budgets, social media spend remains very small in proportion to other media — 75% of respondents who knew their budgets said they were planning to spend $100,000 or less over the next 12 months.
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45 percent of world’s wealth destroyed: Blackstone CEO
March 12th, 2009 No Comments
45 percent of world’s wealth destroyed: Blackstone CEO
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Behavioral Pricing: A wireless call actually costs $3.02 per minute
March 9th, 2009 No Comments
the average cost of a wireless call is, in reality, a shocking $3.02 per minute.How much are you paying for cell service? Would you believe $3 a minute?
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