You might have heard of “blue ocean strategy.” It’s a very b-school term in some ways, but basically it means this: rather than going head-to-head with your competitors on everything, carve out “blue oceans” of untapped market space. It’s all documented… Continue Reading
In some ways, Harvard Business Review is the gold standard of business-school-associated journalism. One of their former editors went on to found Fast Company (another great business magazine) and is now running for Governor of New Mexico. HBR dutifully tracks — as most publications do —… Continue Reading
Start on the Starbucks front: holiday foot traffic (i.e. people out-and-about in stores) was 1/2 in 2013 what it was in 2010; phrased another way, more people are shopping online — and that’s hurting adjacent stores in malls (i.e. Starbucks… Continue Reading
On Monday night, ’twas a tale of two cities in the NFL — the Baltimore Ravens won (and put themselves in decent position to be a 3, 4, or 6 seed in the AFC Playoffs, depending on what happens with… Continue Reading