Quote of the week
Here’s one of Jeremy Grantham’s best quotes: “Remember that history always repeats itself. Every great bubble in history has broken. There are no exceptions.”
And who is Jeremy Grantham: Robert Jeremy Goltho Grantham CBE is a British investor and co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo, a Boston-based asset management firm.
How One Company Put Its Team’s Compensation On The Line-And Sparked 10X > Growth
Ten years ago, LEAP Legal Software had grown slowly to only 27 employees its first 14 years in business. Today it has a team of 300 and generates $50 million in annual revenue. LEAP accelerated its growth dramatically by tying its team’s pay to achievement of its quarterly goals.
Dollar Shave Club and The Disruption of Everything...
Commentary on the acquisition by P & G: Probably the most important fact when it comes to analyzing Unilever’s purchase of Dollar Shave Club is the $1 billion price: in the world of consumer packaged goods (CPG) it is shockingly low. After all, only eleven years ago Procter & Gamble (P&G) bought Gillette, the market leader in shaving,for a staggering $57 billion.
Dollar Shave Club: How Michael Dubin Created A Massively Sucessful Company
Two articles on the Dollar Shave club founding and strategy
How to See Through These 3 Hardball Negotiation Tactics
Here are three common “hardball” tactics that the other side might use — and some advice on how to respond.
Mobile Apps - what you need to think about ...
Not terribly long ago, headlines predicted that Facebook would die because it couldn’t figure out mobile. Of course, we all know the ending to that story. The company invested a ton in making the switch and survived. But it wasn’t without serious struggle. Ultimately, it required much more than a shift in technology — the whole culture of the company had to change. Everyone had to understand what users truly wanted from mobile and the steep costs of screwing up.
Keeping Meetings on Track
Meetings frustrate everyone. There are too many of them, they take too much time, and not enough gets done during and after.
It’s easy to blame this on others – the higher-ups who invite us, arrange the agendas, and chair the meetings. We just show up, make our presentations, and try to sound smart.