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
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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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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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If you can’t trust someone 100% don’t bring them on to your team. If you do trust them, support them 100%.
March 4th, 2009 No Comments
If you can’t trust someone 100% don’t bring them on to your team. If you do trust them, support them 100%.Frank Addante’s FounderBlog: Building and Developing an A++ Team
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80% of India’s population still makes less than $2 a day
March 3rd, 2009 No Comments
The bottom line is that there is some 80% of the population that lives on $2 a day. Slowdown means a lot to them. Those are the guys that get hit.India Sets April Election, Struggling with Economy, Security - WSJ.com
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AIG Has Been Losing $465,421 Per Minute
March 2nd, 2009 No Comments
AIG Has Been Losing $465,421 Per MinuteNew York Magazine
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When it comes to incentives, rewards and punishments - being consistent is far more important than the size.
February 28th, 2009 No Comments
When it comes to incentives, rewards and punishments - being consistent is far more important than the size.Unknown
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About 65 million Indians, roughly a quarter of the urban population, live in slums, according to government surveys.
February 18th, 2009 No Comments
About 65 million Indians, roughly a quarter of the urban population, live in slums, according to government surveys.65 Million Indians live in Slums
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Mike McDermott: Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.
November 26th, 2008 No Comments
Mike McDermott: Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.Movie: The Rounders
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