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Your Strategy is a Mess. What’s That Look Like?

A voice goes off in my head when I’m talking with executives about strategy. I says something like this, “YOUR STRATEGY IS A MESS! IT ISN’T THE MARKET! IT IS YOU!” Right now, too many people tell me that due to the chaotic times we live in, “We can’t really come up with a strategy. […]

The BIG Ticket: Let’s Grok My StubHub Analysis…

Hi! Thank you for your notes about yesterday’s post. Thank you for sharing the post. Thank you for reading. I received a bunch of notes. I took a specific angle in my analysis based on my work in branding and strategy. Some of the ideas I had were too “in the weeds”. As one comment […]

The BIG Ticket: StubHub’s S-1 Filing

Hi! Below is the longest thing I’ve written in a while. I went through 3 or 4 drafts of it. I will probably come back to this story from different angles because it lets me teach so many ideas from my consulting and teaching that I want you to know. Before I give you my […]

The BIG Ticket: Brokers are Bad. Unless?!

Hi! I’m in Upstate NY for a few days. Spring Break! Hello to all the new subscribers. Thanks to Scott Friedman for plugging the newsletter and sharing some of my notes about the StubHub S-1. I’ve gone through three edits of my analysis of the S-1. I may get it out today. Maybe tomorrow. While […]

The BIG Ticket: Notes on StubHub’s Prospectus

Hey! Scott Friedman talked about the notes I took digging through StubHub’s prospectus. His Twitter Spaces is here. He said I would be sharing something more in today’s note, but I’m not fully finished yet. To hold you over, I’m going to give you a few high level thoughts on the prospectus. If you haven’t looked […]

The BIG Ticket: Nike’s DTC Lawsuit and “Sunk Costs”

Hi! “Premium Week” seems to have been a hit with you. So I will spend some time today and tomorrow, mapping out a few other ideas. One that has been floated to me is the idea of a technology week. I’ll leave this one up to you. Loading… Today, I want to take a look […]

Apple Intelligence & Challenging Your Thinking

Hi! I read this piece, “Something is Rotten in Cupertino” about Apple and Apple Intelligence. My wife sent me the only fun thing about Apple Intelligence that I’ve seen so far. A screenshot of our son asking to be picked up early from school. I share the article and this note because the author, John […]