Wendy's: Healthier side of fast food (love their salads), offers some unique burgers and a unique atmposphere....good core competency anyways
Toyota: Ever find a more reliable car? Or one with a legendary status like a Landruiser or Camry? Core Competency on brand recognition for reliability and branding, Case closed...
AMD: Not a dup of Intel, CPU's run cheaper than Intel with close enough quality (some may argue there), a need for cheaper CPU's applies there
Wal Mart: Realizes a need for low cost junk, with a talent to effectively muscle suppliers, and capitalizes appropriately (never mind the ethics, care to dispute?)...
Dell: One of the stronger influences in the PC market, recognized need for high quality PC's with good service (well until they went to India and shot the support part of that statement in the foot) and support and they've capitalized on it (tho they are having troubles lately, their core competency has diminished in the wake of competition, support issues, etc.)...
What makes a business work you ask? Well let's analyze some of these examples:
Amazon: Found a need for an online bookstore where there was none, and capitalized on it...
Fedex: Found a need for overnight delivery service where there was little, and capitalized on it...
Cisco: Regarded as the highest quality maker (tho some may contest but the reputation is there) of networking equipment, realizes the need for the best hardware for the best systems...
Ford Motor (my pick): Recognized a need for cheap automobiles and capitalized on it...
Now the negatives:
Commodore: Entered an industry well penetrated by apple, IBM, Tandy (back then) and company and tried to play along, didn't make it....
Webvan (my personal pick): Tried to make it in an online grocery world where profits are slim and competition in related industry (traditional grocery) is fierce.
See a pattern here?
In short, to launch a successful business, you need to have a core competency in mind, that is an idea that is:
Rare
Unique
Hard to duplicate
Hard to substitute
If you have that, and all the other elements of a proper business (good management, proper quality, good promotion, etc) fall together, I should see no reason why a business couldn't succeed. I'll defend this against any reply or email to the contrary.
Anyways there's my 2 cents from a person who just graduated with a Bachelors in business, I'd love intelligent replies from people who think otherwise, thanks!
I will never deny that opportunity is hard. Finding, and ultimately doing what you need to make your ends meet is difficult no matter whom you are. However the results are well worth it in the end:-)
Granted I've done HR work in my past, I would think the following:
Chief Financial officer of Enron: Not hiring
Poor grunt at Enron who had no clue what hit him: Could look past that to his real experience.
Lower level accountant at Enron: My get some questions asked in an effort to determine their position in all the mess
Obviously many don't think that way and wouldn't touch an ex-Enron employee with a ten foot telephone pole and I really feel sorry for them.
However for every door closed there's a door open, consider writing a book about the mess or posing for playboy for example (they did a women of Enron IIRC)? You get the idea there...
IMHO there's always an opportunity for you...just look....
Honestly, I'm all for Genetic manipulation in controllable settings. Such as re-growing somebody's dying liver.
However a change that could effect a massive population worries be because of the immense variables contained within. Humans do not fully understand the Earth that they live in, and yet we try and alter it. The chain reaction effects from a genetic manipulation could cascade into a problem worse than we had seen in (at least in theory).
Hypothetically figure that somebody might want to keep a carp as a pet (I know weird pet) and takes it back to their home in Asia, it escapes and now you have no Carp in Asia...seems kinda farfetched but I've seen weirder....
Suppose this gene multiplies further out past Australia, we could very well see the extinction of all Carp once they all become male.
Genetic work can be beneficial, but the long term considerations must be considered, how about mass breeding/releasing of sharks in the water to eat all these carp (I know the human implications of all those sharks terrorizing humans)? Or just increased fishing programs? There's got to be another way....
Well,only because in an earlier Slashdot article I feel it's prudent to warn....these guys are bad, evil, worse than Darl McBride even!!! These guys will chew you up and spit you out worse than a corrupt Linux Kernel!
Oooh another Cal Poly Alum on Slashdot. I just graduated there. It's nice to know that some Cal Poly Alum are doing interesting stuff. Makes me feel better about my job prosepcts these days:-)
SCO only getting 1 paragraph understandable...
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Think about it, how many Cnet readers even know what Linux is? Ok that's sarcasm but you get the idea, Windows users are not horridly affected by Darl McBride/SCO and company. However this regulation has many people in the Linux community wondering (well duh).
Spam on the other hand affects all of us, and the effectiveness of the new law will bring a shrug from most of us. If it's effective, great; if not the battle rages on...
Pop-ups? Same thing, affects everyone, legislation in any direction would be interesting to all.
Illegal music downloading also has popular appeal. The draconian efforts of the RIAA affect anyone who could be sued (including the grannies they were suing who barely knew what a computer was...)
Domain names? Got a fair amount of mention apparently, the reach on that issue is medium, lots of people own domain names these days.
Taxes, DEAR GOD NO!!! Good they're not going anywhere yet...broad reach so gets decent mention...
So in the end this is the reporting I'd expect from CNet...
Microsoft already did a pretty decent MMORPG ala "Asherons Call" (ok Turbine did it and Microsoft assimilated it into their collective). However IMHO Asherons call is a halfway decent MMORPG. Though now that MS has sold Asherons call back to Turbine, now I see why exactly.
MS should be worried about this lawsuit from a competitive standpoint. If too much hack and slash is done to their new MMORPG that leaves them with nothing in the MMORPG world (though maybe this isn't a bad thing...).
Or maybe MS should just stick with MS Flight simulator, IMHO the graphics in that game are just awesome...
There is that story about Hannukah, the more practical one as well is that after the Temple was reclaimed from the Syrian army, the liberators of the temple (or the Maccabees (sp?)) forgot to celebrate Sukkot (a 7 day holiday in the Jewish calendar that is the months before Hannukah give or take). So they made up for the lost holiday over that time.
Sukkot for those of you who are wondering is the 7 day holiday commemorating the wandering the Jews did in the Sinai Peninsula for 40 years. Using temporary "Sukkot" shelters for shelter.
Anyways believe what you will, it's nice to hear about miracles more than a bunch of forgetful liberators so let's carry that story instead:-)
hehehe...tho I'm not terribly worried about an earthquake trashing the reactor. Granted it would destroy a zillion dollar building, but the radiation wouldn't last very long so I don't think there would be long term damage.
Then again, maybe a physics major can answer what the after-effects are of a big nuclear reactor imploding on itself after an Earthquake are exactly...
1. A group or company of people, animals, or things. See synonyms at band2. , flock1.
2a. A group of soldiers. b. troops Military units; soldiers. c. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the U.S. Army.
3. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.
4. A great many; a lot.
Doesn't mention anything about "army" or "navy" just "millitary":-)
Well if anyone tries blacklisting the ships, I guess there'd be a Tomahawk in their building in the name of national security:-p
But in all honesty, I'm sure (or at least I hope) more attention is given to the confidential systems than the SMTP server that the troops play around with...
While I'd condemn the people Ddos'ing SCO. This feels like a pro choice abortion person who expresses his view by blowing up abortion clinics, while I can sympathize with the victim (in our case the Linux geeks that SCO is annoying) I can't sympathize with the method used (plugging up the site).
Though feeling sorry for SCO to the contrary requires me to reach too far deep into my dark side for that, sorry SCO you're on your own.
Let's see...Wal Mart hires people at substandard wage, utilizes sweatshop labor and sucks the life out of communities wherever their stores land...
On the other hand they support open source...
Do I shop there or not? They still leave a pretty icky taste in my mouth...
hmmmm....Troll??? Tho it is rather funny:-p
Besides I'm in the process of giving it up, just let me give up my WMD's one at a time (weapons of Microsoft Destruction) hehehe....not even Iraq disarmed in a day...
Millions yes, Billions (ala Bill Gates) no, it boils down to the question of how much money does your product have to make to be successful I suppose...
Or another good measure of success, my mom could tell me who Bill Gates is, but Andreesen? Probably not....
Marc Andreessen is a person that makes me think. Was he one of the losers of the.com revolution (Netscape died a cruel death at the hands of AOL) or was he one of the winners (his browser returning to its roots as an Open Source Mozilla and slowly but very surely starting an open source revolution). View it how you will...
I say this as an evil Microsoft developer who just loaded the latest Debian package on his system. To quote Magneto in XMen2 "It has begun...."
This does bring an interesting point, I guess money will be irrelevant granted I can make perfect copies of all the money I want. Oh wait we'll be tracking the money electronically you say? Eeeeh I'll replicate a computer that favors my own bank account, sneak up to the building teleport one computer out, the other one in....throw everything in chaos, kinda scary when you think about it....
Well with money irrelevant, communism here we come...
Honestly sir, I have to plead ignorance here, no I haven't debated many times, and while I'm not sure whether or not your post has changed my opinion on the open vs. closed debate it has enlightened me some, and could very well affect such decisions made with my code down the line. Like I said "any well written post could change my opinion" and I personally mod you a +5 and add you to my friends list. There's your ego boost for the day:-)
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- Amazon: Found a need for an online bookstore where there was none, and capitalized on it...
- Fedex: Found a need for overnight delivery service where there was little, and capitalized on it...
- Cisco: Regarded as the highest quality maker (tho some may contest but the reputation is there) of networking equipment, realizes the need for the best hardware for the best systems...
- Ford Motor (my pick): Recognized a need for cheap automobiles and capitalized on it...
Now the negatives:- Commodore: Entered an industry well penetrated by apple, IBM, Tandy (back then) and company and tried to play along, didn't make it....
- Webvan (my personal pick): Tried to make it in an online grocery world where profits are slim and competition in related industry (traditional grocery) is fierce.
See a pattern here?In short, to launch a successful business, you need to have a core competency in mind, that is an idea that is:
- Rare
- Unique
- Hard to duplicate
- Hard to substitute
If you have that, and all the other elements of a proper business (good management, proper quality, good promotion, etc) fall together, I should see no reason why a business couldn't succeed. I'll defend this against any reply or email to the contrary.Anyways there's my 2 cents from a person who just graduated with a Bachelors in business, I'd love intelligent replies from people who think otherwise, thanks!
I will never deny that opportunity is hard. Finding, and ultimately doing what you need to make your ends meet is difficult no matter whom you are. However the results are well worth it in the end :-)
- Chief Financial officer of Enron: Not hiring
- Poor grunt at Enron who had no clue what hit him: Could look past that to his real experience.
- Lower level accountant at Enron: My get some questions asked in an effort to determine their position in all the mess
Obviously many don't think that way and wouldn't touch an ex-Enron employee with a ten foot telephone pole and I really feel sorry for them.However for every door closed there's a door open, consider writing a book about the mess or posing for playboy for example (they did a women of Enron IIRC)? You get the idea there...
IMHO there's always an opportunity for you...just look....
Honestly, I'm all for Genetic manipulation in controllable settings. Such as re-growing somebody's dying liver.
However a change that could effect a massive population worries be because of the immense variables contained within. Humans do not fully understand the Earth that they live in, and yet we try and alter it. The chain reaction effects from a genetic manipulation could cascade into a problem worse than we had seen in (at least in theory).
As it has been said "nature has a way"
Hypothetically figure that somebody might want to keep a carp as a pet (I know weird pet) and takes it back to their home in Asia, it escapes and now you have no Carp in Asia...seems kinda farfetched but I've seen weirder....
Suppose this gene multiplies further out past Australia, we could very well see the extinction of all Carp once they all become male.
Genetic work can be beneficial, but the long term considerations must be considered, how about mass breeding/releasing of sharks in the water to eat all these carp (I know the human implications of all those sharks terrorizing humans)? Or just increased fishing programs? There's got to be another way....
Well,only because in an earlier Slashdot article I feel it's prudent to warn....these guys are bad, evil, worse than Darl McBride even!!! These guys will chew you up and spit you out worse than a corrupt Linux Kernel!
Oooh another Cal Poly Alum on Slashdot. I just graduated there. It's nice to know that some Cal Poly Alum are doing interesting stuff. Makes me feel better about my job prosepcts these days :-)
Think about it, how many Cnet readers even know what Linux is? Ok that's sarcasm but you get the idea, Windows users are not horridly affected by Darl McBride/SCO and company. However this regulation has many people in the Linux community wondering (well duh).
Spam on the other hand affects all of us, and the effectiveness of the new law will bring a shrug from most of us. If it's effective, great; if not the battle rages on...
Pop-ups? Same thing, affects everyone, legislation in any direction would be interesting to all.
Illegal music downloading also has popular appeal. The draconian efforts of the RIAA affect anyone who could be sued (including the grannies they were suing who barely knew what a computer was...)
Domain names? Got a fair amount of mention apparently, the reach on that issue is medium, lots of people own domain names these days.
Taxes, DEAR GOD NO!!! Good they're not going anywhere yet...broad reach so gets decent mention...
So in the end this is the reporting I'd expect from CNet...
Microsoft already did a pretty decent MMORPG ala "Asherons Call" (ok Turbine did it and Microsoft assimilated it into their collective). However IMHO Asherons call is a halfway decent MMORPG. Though now that MS has sold Asherons call back to Turbine, now I see why exactly.
MS should be worried about this lawsuit from a competitive standpoint. If too much hack and slash is done to their new MMORPG that leaves them with nothing in the MMORPG world (though maybe this isn't a bad thing...).
Or maybe MS should just stick with MS Flight simulator, IMHO the graphics in that game are just awesome...
There is that story about Hannukah, the more practical one as well is that after the Temple was reclaimed from the Syrian army, the liberators of the temple (or the Maccabees (sp?)) forgot to celebrate Sukkot (a 7 day holiday in the Jewish calendar that is the months before Hannukah give or take). So they made up for the lost holiday over that time.
:-)
Sukkot for those of you who are wondering is the 7 day holiday commemorating the wandering the Jews did in the Sinai Peninsula for 40 years. Using temporary "Sukkot" shelters for shelter.
Anyways believe what you will, it's nice to hear about miracles more than a bunch of forgetful liberators so let's carry that story instead
hehehe...tho I'm not terribly worried about an earthquake trashing the reactor. Granted it would destroy a zillion dollar building, but the radiation wouldn't last very long so I don't think there would be long term damage.
Then again, maybe a physics major can answer what the after-effects are of a big nuclear reactor imploding on itself after an Earthquake are exactly...
Actually on closer inspection, it does, but still can be used both ways so I still rest my case...
From: the Dictionary
:-)
1. A group or company of people, animals, or things. See synonyms at band2. , flock1. 2a. A group of soldiers. b. troops Military units; soldiers. c. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the U.S. Army. 3. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader. 4. A great many; a lot.
Doesn't mention anything about "army" or "navy" just "millitary"
Well if anyone tries blacklisting the ships, I guess there'd be a Tomahawk in their building in the name of national security :-p
But in all honesty, I'm sure (or at least I hope) more attention is given to the confidential systems than the SMTP server that the troops play around with...
a Pro-LIFE abortion person who blows up abortion clinics....
While I'd condemn the people Ddos'ing SCO. This feels like a pro choice abortion person who expresses his view by blowing up abortion clinics, while I can sympathize with the victim (in our case the Linux geeks that SCO is annoying) I can't sympathize with the method used (plugging up the site).
Though feeling sorry for SCO to the contrary requires me to reach too far deep into my dark side for that, sorry SCO you're on your own.
Let's see...Wal Mart hires people at substandard wage, utilizes sweatshop labor and sucks the life out of communities wherever their stores land... On the other hand they support open source... Do I shop there or not? They still leave a pretty icky taste in my mouth...
hmmmm....Troll??? Tho it is rather funny :-p
Besides I'm in the process of giving it up, just let me give up my WMD's one at a time (weapons of Microsoft Destruction) hehehe....not even Iraq disarmed in a day...
Millions yes, Billions (ala Bill Gates) no, it boils down to the question of how much money does your product have to make to be successful I suppose...
Or another good measure of success, my mom could tell me who Bill Gates is, but Andreesen? Probably not....
Marc Andreessen is a person that makes me think. Was he one of the losers of the .com revolution (Netscape died a cruel death at the hands of AOL) or was he one of the winners (his browser returning to its roots as an Open Source Mozilla and slowly but very surely starting an open source revolution). View it how you will...
I say this as an evil Microsoft developer who just loaded the latest Debian package on his system. To quote Magneto in XMen2 "It has begun...."
This does bring an interesting point, I guess money will be irrelevant granted I can make perfect copies of all the money I want. Oh wait we'll be tracking the money electronically you say? Eeeeh I'll replicate a computer that favors my own bank account, sneak up to the building teleport one computer out, the other one in....throw everything in chaos, kinda scary when you think about it....
Well with money irrelevant, communism here we come...
Honestly sir, I have to plead ignorance here, no I haven't debated many times, and while I'm not sure whether or not your post has changed my opinion on the open vs. closed debate it has enlightened me some, and could very well affect such decisions made with my code down the line. Like I said "any well written post could change my opinion" and I personally mod you a +5 and add you to my friends list. There's your ego boost for the day :-)