My name is Tucker and this little project is really just a record for my kids who at this exact moment have zero interest in listening to anything Dad has to say. It's a simple collection ....
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Horizontal industries live and die by mass production and mass marketing. They all follow three rules:
2. Opportunity knocks when a technology breakthrough or other fundamental change occurs. Grab it before your competitors do.
3. Price for what the market will bear. Price for volume, then work like the devil on your costs so that you can make money at that price. This will lead you to achieve economies of scale in which large investments that are necessary can be spread out to recoup the costs.- Andrew Grove
A strategic inflection point is a time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change. That can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights. But it may just as likely signal the beginning of the end. The prime responsibility of a manager is to be on guard for just such an opportunity or an attack. – Andrew Grove
Boy, I was angry today about a customer. The kind of angry that if not caught early could have led to some regretful decisions. Instead of losing my cool I turned to my team to blow off steam, asked a counterpart to review a hastily written email and stopped for a 20 minute meditation. In the end crisis averted, but this is real-time example of how to put the skill of mindfulness to work. – Dad
The quickest way for a tadpole to become a frog is to live everyday joyfully as a tadpole. – Brian Smith, Founder of Uggs
