Comments on: crowded markets http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/25/crowded-markets/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Pegasus News http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/25/crowded-markets/#comment-3258 Pegasus News Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:25:23 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1107#comment-3258 <strong>Avoiding crowds</strong> It's been too long since I posted any Hugh Macleod, but Avoiding crowds

It’s been too long since I posted any Hugh Macleod, but

]]> By: Kinetic Energy http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/25/crowded-markets/#comment-3257 Kinetic Energy Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:51:50 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1107#comment-3257 <strong>Hugh Macleod making meaning</strong> Hugh Macleod making meaning far more eloquently than I've been able to. His post, Crowded Markets is exactly why you need to be remarkable and why I'm writing my ChangeThis manifesto "Going All In: Why I learnt more from Late Night Poker than my MBA"... Hugh Macleod making meaning

Hugh Macleod making meaning far more eloquently than I’ve been able to. His post, Crowded Markets is exactly why you need to be remarkable and why I’m writing my ChangeThis manifesto “Going All In: Why I learnt more from Late Night Poker than my MBA”…

]]> By: Stephan Fassmann http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/25/crowded-markets/#comment-3256 Stephan Fassmann Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:05:28 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1107#comment-3256 I have been wondering about why so many people choose the same losing strategy. Some of it is because it was a winning strategy before so it will recover, right? Some of it is lag-time, not realizing how long it takes to become good at something and they start just in time for it to be over. Some of it is herd mentality, everyone is doing it so it must be good, even when that means the herd goes over a cliff. You might not want too but you are in too deep to change direction because everyone else around you is going the wrong way and they sweep you along too. Some of it is not having a winning strategy to emulate. And some of it is just not knowing the difference, and not caring anyway. You need to have vision and you just can't see very far in the middle of the herd. Wether predator or prey, the edge is where the action is. You need to care for others and those who need the most caring are never in the deep of the herd. The Universe cares more about the means than the ends of what you do. Be your best and the Universe will do its best for you, which is a whole lot. I have been wondering about why so many people choose the same losing strategy.
Some of it is because it was a winning strategy before so it will recover, right?
Some of it is lag-time, not realizing how long it takes to become good at something and they start just in time for it to be over.
Some of it is herd mentality, everyone is doing it so it must be good, even when that means the herd goes over a cliff. You might not want too but you are in too deep to change direction because everyone else around you is going the wrong way and they sweep you along too.
Some of it is not having a winning strategy to emulate.
And some of it is just not knowing the difference, and not caring anyway.
You need to have vision and you just can’t see very far in the middle of the herd. Wether predator or prey, the edge is where the action is.
You need to care for others and those who need the most caring are never in the deep of the herd.
The Universe cares more about the means than the ends of what you do. Be your best and the Universe will do its best for you, which is a whole lot.

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/25/crowded-markets/#comment-3255 hugh macleod Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:40:23 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1107#comment-3255 Nice post, Andreas, I read your article. Good one. An MBA is no guarantee of how well you're going to do in buisness. It's a good indicator that you can do what you're told, though, in unfavorable conditions. And surely one needs a more original business model than "getting into a decent biz school"? When 20,000 people have the same biz plan as you, you're dead meat. Nice post, Andreas, I read your article. Good one.
An MBA is no guarantee of how well you’re going to do in buisness. It’s a good indicator that you can do what you’re told, though, in unfavorable conditions.
And surely one needs a more original business model than “getting into a decent biz school”?
When 20,000 people have the same biz plan as you, you’re dead meat.

]]> By: Andreas http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/25/crowded-markets/#comment-3254 Andreas Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:30:30 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1107#comment-3254 I absolutely agree. And when everybody studies the same, we get the same strategies, the same products, the same advertisement, the same everything. Boring and grey. I wrote here (http://asiabusinessconsulting.blogspot.com/2004/02/mbas-bleak-future-why-art-graduates.html) that even McKinsey looks for different type of people. Is it possible to say that different types of studies produce different types of products, and more innovation or creativity? May be, in the future, MBAs become the entry ticket to universities, but than, what other subjects are you good at? I absolutely agree. And when everybody studies the same, we get the same strategies, the same products, the same advertisement, the same everything. Boring and grey. I wrote here (http://asiabusinessconsulting.blogspot.com/2004/02/mbas-bleak-future-why-art-graduates.html) that even McKinsey looks for different type of people. Is it possible to say that different types of studies produce different types of products, and more innovation or creativity? May be, in the future, MBAs become the entry ticket to universities, but than, what other subjects are you good at?

]]> By: Nancy http://gapingvoid.com/2004/12/25/crowded-markets/#comment-3253 Nancy Sun, 26 Dec 2004 07:38:27 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1107#comment-3253 less excuse, but more excuze? Apologies for alternative spelling. less excuse, but more excuze?
Apologies for alternative spelling.

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