How organization can be stiffled by their mindset about people

After working some more and see more workings of other organization, i’m impressed by the extent of the role of people in the organization. Saying “organization is all about the people in it” make sense, since organization is nothing but a group of people working toward a (supposedly) common goal or purpose. But to see [...]

Cutting prices by 20% and yet maintain your margin

News source at: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108119/the-accidental-hero.html?mod=career-selfemployment Business finance flow in a very simple manner, it starts from the top (gross revenue) to bottom (profit). Now between that two point, there’s cost, cutting numbers from the revenue until they reach profit. Equation wise, R – C = P (totally simplified) So, one would suspect that a significant in [...]

US$ 47.5 billion software development

Excerpt Microsoft almost bought Yahoo for US$ 47.5 billion, yet they could just spend US$ 10 billion for building a Yahoo rival. It seem the decision maker is more interested in producing mega-mergers than actual value calculation and creation.

3 Type of Activities Companies Engage in – an Analysis of Michael Porter’s “What is Strategy”

Disclaimer: I write this because I believe Porter’s work, “What is Strategy”, shows continuing relevance to the philosophy of strategy and I like to share his thinking to as much people as possible. You can find the article here: http://www.google.co.id/search?q=hbr%3A+what+is+strategy+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a In order to achieve thoroughness on analyzing Michael Porter’s work, this post heavily quotes his [...]

“Jadi sementara ini saya pake kompetitor anda dulu yah”, “iya pak betul”

True story Me: Halo, “F*rst M*d**?” Call center: “Yes” Me: “i’ve been trying to subscribe to your service, but my house is not in your coverage area” CC: “Have you check” Me: “Yes i did” CC: “Have you registered in our website?” Me: “Yes i did, 2 times, 3 months ago and just now, i [...]

Hedge your cashflow with a side business – part 1 – What do we need to start one

By Sendy – 21 October 2008 So, you have a job, that gives you a income stream, and regardless of your satisfaction with the amount of the income (most probably you’re not satisfied), it’s important to recognize a more damning fact, that it’s just one source of income. Now, this represents a risk, if you [...]