Agility (and Elephants)
2020-07-29
Agile businesses are those that try to develop a culture of moving fast and improving their products quickly.Keep Reading
Inflation (and $5 Candies)
2020-07-20
Inflation is when prices rise because demand exceeds supply.Keep Reading
Scale (and Skyscrapers)
2020-07-20
Scale is size, or the ability to grow to a huge size.Keep Reading
Sovereign Funds (and Princes)
2020-07-19
Sovereign wealth funds are huge investment funds controlled by countries that got mega-rich selling oil, or in some other way.Keep Reading
Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
2020-07-19
‘Cash accounting’ is the way many small businesses track their results: by measuring how much cash comes in and goes out.Keep Reading
The Four P’s of Marketing
2020-07-17
“The Four P’s” refers to the four crucial aspects of marketing: Product, Price, Promotion, and Place.Keep Reading
Hedge Funds (and Hogs)
2020-07-16
Hedge Funds are investment firms that speculate in very specific areas, by trying to obtain more data (information) about those areas than anyone else.Keep Reading
Venture Capital (and Rockets)
2020-07-13
Venture Capitalists are investors who pump millions of dollars into fast growing startups, hoping they’ll grow quickly and become huge successes.Keep Reading
Self Insurance (and Gambling)
2020-07-13
Self insurance is what companies (and people) do if they can’t afford insurance, or believe the chance of a catastrophic loss is small.Keep Reading
Engagement (and Dog Toys)
2020-07-10
Engagement is a marketing word for how fully and actively customers use your products.Keep Reading
Equity (and Actors)
2020-07-10
Equity means ownership. It can also mean justice or fairness.Keep Reading
Silos (and Teen Fiction)
2020-07-10
Silos are different departments in an organization that don’t communicate well with each other (and probably don’t want to). Keep Reading
Intellectual Property (and Meatball Recipes)
2020-07-10
Intellectual property is work which can be protected by patent, copyright, or trademark law. Keep Reading
Debt (and Backpacks)
2020-07-08
Debt is when one person or company owes money to another person or company. Keep Reading
Authentication (and Snout Recognition)
2020-07-07
Authentication is how you confirm someone is who they say they are (and how apps confirm it, too).Keep Reading
Segmentation (and Winning Elections)
2020-07-07
Segmentation is about dividing your market into subgroups of people who want different things, then figuring out how to win their business.Keep Reading
Differentiation (and Haircuts)
2020-07-07
Differentiation is how you make your product stand out from the crowd.Keep Reading
Supply Chains (and Sundaes)
2020-07-07
A supply chain is where a product comes from: including all the factories, farms, warehouses, ships, trucks and planes that create and deliver it.Keep Reading
Focus and Execution (and Squirrels)
2020-07-06
Focus means not getting distracted from your main objectives. Execution means getting things done – the things you need to get done.Keep Reading