Posted on Monday, 14th July 2008 by Tech Guru
Yes, it is possible to grow during difficult times. Learn how by watching the interview from Inside Arizona Business.
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Posted on Sunday, 29th June 2008 by Tech Guru
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Posted on Thursday, 28th February 2008 by Tech Guru
Maybe the most significant signal of a change in the US business cycle is Howard Schultz’s return to the role of chief executive of Starbucks after 13 years as chairman. He is expected to carry out an impassioned mission to reinvigorate the “romance and theatre” of coffee-making. Recently, Starbucks stock has declined over fears that they may have run out of room for further significant growth despite that the company posted revenues of $9.4bn in 2007, had double-digit earnings growth and opened more than 2,500 new stores. Clearly, the company is positioning for what lies ahead, and by keeping our eyes trained on this bell weather it is possible that we can learn a lot more than we might expect.
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Posted on Saturday, 5th January 2008 by Tech Guru
Each New Years we stop to reflect on the year that just passed and to count our blessing (or our losses). As we look to the year ahead with hopeful anticipation many of us will resolve to take up new activities, complete old unfinished projects or cut out unneeded indulgences. I have resolved to eat fewer Krispy Kremes in 2008 because I know that this is one resolution that I can keep. You see, all of Krispy Kremes in
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Posted on Thursday, 27th December 2007 by Tech Guru
The big news within the last few weeks was Google’s impressive 1 year 46% jump in profits of and 57% jump in revenue. Amazingly, all of this impressive growth occurred during what CEO Eric Schmidt called a “weak quarter”. Many have speculated for some time that Google will inevitably replace Microsoft as the dominant global technology company, and to further fuel the speculation, the media is attributing Google’s recent success to a seemingly divine presence that they are calling the holy trinity. Google’s next set of strategic business priorities - search, online ads and applications.
Call it what you will, but there are valuable lessons to be learned here. Google is putting up impressive numbers because Google is boldly focused on growth.
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Posted on Monday, 5th November 2007 by Tech Guru
A big story in consumer electronics this season is the recent announcement that Comp USA will close all of its remaining 103 stores. The retailer was purchased by Special Equity, an affiliate of private equity firm Gordon Brothers Group that recently announced the closing.
This comes as no surprise to those of us who have followed CompUSA for some time and may come as no surprise to anyone who has shopped there frequently. You may be aware of this from personal experience of from reading blogs about CompUSA’s service. In either case, there is a valuable lesson to be learned here. As a matter of course, this retailer broke most of the rules of Customer Relevancy:
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Posted on Saturday, 18th August 2007 by Tech Guru
Microsoft has just released what will likely be its last iteration of Windows as we know it. The software juggernaut is maturing and a few of its grey hairs are showing. So, as Microsoft passes through another phase of maturity one has to stop and ask what lasting lessons have we learned.
During my regular morning read of the daily news last week I ran across the story about Microsoft’s recent stunt announcing the release of their new Vista operating system. They used colorfully dressed acrobats to scale the walls of a seven story building in downtown NY and hang the Microsoft Vista logo on the side of the building. From the pictures, I got the impression that I was watching the Blue Man Group meeting Richard Branson on its way to the Cirque de Soleil - a fitting stunt for a marketing savvy juggernaut.
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Posted on Friday, 27th April 2007 by Tech Guru
As a professional advisor to business, I have had the opportunity and pleasure to work with some of the most successful companies in the world. The teams at the helm of these high performing companies are dedicated and hard working - just like you. Each companies experiences cycles of growth and abundance - then contraction and replenishment. If they have a process for sustaining growth through the contraction phase they eventually experience the growth and abundance phase again, and the cycle continues endlessly.
At the core of this growth cycle is a common process known to every successful company (regardless of size) that has been able to sustain success. It is the process of thinking, planning and doing. Of course, most leaders believe that they already think, plan and do - but unfortunately they mostly just… do.
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Posted on Friday, 5th January 2007 by Tech Guru
Greetings! We hope you find this first of the year eNewsletter of interet. Like every year, this year promises to be full of opportunities and challenges. One challenge in particular that we see developing across all markets is a radical increase in business competition. In this issue, we discuss an emerging driver of competition for mid-sized companies. Here’s to overcoming the challenges and capitalizing on the opportunities this year.
If you own or work in a mid-sized company then you probably know of a global competitor in your back yard. If globalization hasn’t come to your part of the world yet, then you had better brace yourself. It’s coming!
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