Tag: business
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Don't Call Women "Girls"
“Shit like calling women girls pigeonholes grown women as all of the negative things society implies about very young women 24/7 – annoying, irrational, flighty, overly emotional.”
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How Intel Killed AMD
Intel paid PC manufacturers out of its own pocket for years to not buy AMD’s chips.
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Digital Music Executive on Tidal Launch
“Tidal is offering nothing new.”
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Why New Coke Failed
It wasn’t a conspiracy: “The reason why coke changed it is a simple one, Pepsi happened. Whilst Pepsi had existed for practically the entirety of Cokes history they were never a large threat to the dominance of Coke after WWII. However this changed in the mid 70s with Pepsi running two well known ad campaigns. […]
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The Music Industry, Post-Payola
Secrets from the music industry: “[A]ny citizen could walk into an airport and buy plane tickets with cash. A common ruse was to have the A&R guy ( Artist and Repertoire) use company cash, buy tickets and give them to Local PDs at radio stations. These tickets were as good as cash but not a […]
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Pushing Crumbs Around in The Sharing Economy
“They want us focused on pushing our crumbs around our plate that we don’t notice who the hell has most of the pie to begin with.”
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Inside NFL Locker Room Culture
“Fans want gladiators out on the field and buttoned-up businessmen in the locker room. You can’t always have it both ways.”
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Lego's Post-Branding Branding
“By acknowledging that their central message is unbelievable or at least exaggerated, they gain our trust and bolster our faith in the brand.”
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Why Feathers Are The Next Super-Substance
“The list of things that the keratin-rich material has been used to make is vast.”
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How Hollywood is Screwing Visual Effects Professionals
The forces of globalization (and greed) bankrupt Hollywood’s visual effects studios.