Greater numbers

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Corporations have constraints. Supposedly, those constraints would limit most abuses such as low wages, environmental disasters, monopolistic Muhhahahaaa!-I’m-conquering-the-world plots, and such expressions of self interest at the expense of others and contexts. There are exceptions, but overall it works.

The recent information released through Wikileaks and other such sites, seem to indicate these exceptions are the general case.

Notice and take down

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Suppose you lead a small and flat organisation that delivers internet services as middle man. Suppose you lead an ISP. People can take each others place in your organisation. People are quite capable and the organisation is flexible. But overall your company or aggregate uses a variable pattern and now and then you have to put out fires.

Western “knowledge is power” political mindsets desire a grip on the internet, and to regulate the flow of information and knowledge. New regulations appear from the political above as if “live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking dead horse behind” is motto. And each new regulation could potentially ignite some new fire.

Key elements for marketing communications

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So you’ve got a great product or service? And it will sell itself because of how great it is? You figured out it doesn’t work that way, but you still believe your product or service really solves a problem people are having, and they might be willing to pay for your solution? There’s a lot of talk about “pull marketing”, and it may work, depending.

The US Oil Spill

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I wanted to write an article on the US oil spill, mostly on the dance of BP leaders to avoid account ability and taking response ability after the spill, but these two gentlemen, Clarke & Dawe, from Down Under so aptly convey the core of that, that I feel I have nothing to add.

Searching the Web

Searching the net I start with a single website or file that makes sense and has some key words on it related to my search. If possible I then triangulate three of the major search engines that suit my quest. Meta engines are handy for that.

Ongoing financial requirements …

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We need to know the financial requirements so we know how much we will need to operate with a profit, and we need to know how to raise the required funds. That only seems easy. How to accurately express that in numbers is not obvious. And I don’t have a financial background. Neither do any of the people I know that have their own businesses.

Is Wi-Fi dangerous?

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Reposted and updated blog article by nynke, originally posted on Mind Matters on Sat, 01/09/2007 – 11:43, see also The Last Mile analysis on Serendipity (October 19, 2007)

Sizing imperfect and emerging markets

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Imperfect markets are local “pockets” of unmet need within a mature market. Emerging markets are those which are ready to go through rapid growth (in market size). A commonly known problem is the sizing of such markets. A commonly known solution is “niche marketing”.

Investors know emerging markets cannot easily be sized.