December 2008
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Too Big To Bailout?
So GMAC gets $6 Billion, too. Awesome. Every time I think that these bailouts have reached absurdity there is yet another.
For all the Too Big To Fails (TBTF) you hear about every day now, you’ve got to wonder when we’ll finally come across a Too Big To Bailout.
If the concept of TBTF argues that the repercussions of failure are worse than the costs to prevent it, at what point can...
Sick, Vacation, Etc. Etc. Etc.
Just wrapping up a vacation in which I was sick the entire time, finally recovering on the last day to catch something new.
I plan to resume my schedule ASAP.
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FeedVis →
Very much liking this site. They’ve got a great take on something that is like one of the tools we’re building into MarketOutsider. Worth a look.
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Value over Pain
One thing you’ll see everywhere reading about starting a business these days is how you need to address a customer’s “pain point”. This never sat well with me. Of course, it is completely understandable that if a customer has a legitimate pain that your product solves, that they will pay you for your product. I simply wasn’t convinced that is the best way to think...
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An Ounce of Prevention →
Roger writes a great post comparing the lack of preventative medicine today to the lack of preventative maintenance that enabled our financial system to get as messed up as it is.
I really like this comparison, but something tells me that just like your doctor telling you to exercise more and eat less fatty food, it will fall upon deaf ears.
Is it a cultural thing that we wait until pain and...