To compete in the world of free
Posted: March 27, 2007 Filed under: Business Development, Observation Leave a commentBoth papers are free. Which one do you choose?
How do you compete when the price for the customer is zero? Or is it really zero? The customer pays in attention and time, the most scarce resource we have
Quote of the day
Posted: February 13, 2007 Filed under: Observation, Rules of Life Leave a comment“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.”
– Mario Andretti
Via Jan Kallberg.
(Andretti is a famous race car driver. And, yes, I had to look that up.)
Saying it twice
Posted: October 26, 2006 Filed under: Observation Leave a commentJust in case you miss it the first time.
A resting place or a table?
Posted: September 27, 2006 Filed under: Observation Leave a commentIt’s a resting place. It’s a table. It’s a trashcan. The floor of the city.
The creation of a market
Posted: July 25, 2006 Filed under: Observation Leave a commentHow is a marketplace created? What does it take for two people to start a conversation about buying or selling an object? (Markets are conversations, right?) Blankets on the ground? Objects on the blankets? Price tags?
Do we change our state of mind when we enter a marketplace?
The picture is from a flea market for children last summer. The market opened in the morning and closed late in the afternoon.






