December 1999

Snowboarding the Internet; Taking the Tour at 26.4

Slow connections suck. So while we wait for my 56k modem to connect at 26.4 kbs, consider this. All the dotcoms with money (typically from an egregiously successful public offering) are advertising like mad. On TV, on the sides of buses, everywhere. Why? Because there’s not much difference between Barnes&Noble.com and Amazon.com if you want […]

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Competitive Challenges; Four Things You’ve Got to Do Better

Strategy

In the August 1999 issue of SKATE Biz (Volume 11 Number 1), I wrote about two hypothetical skateboard factory owners, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll’s production was strictly OEM. Mr. Hyde had a successful brand and built his product at his own factory. They both made a bunch of perfectly logical and rational

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