strategy – Middling Management

Cutting Costs: 2022 Edition

September 23, 2022M.C.Management

Everywhere you look, people be cutting costs. Google and Facebook are NOT “doing layoffs” but it feels like every other tech company under the sun is getting leaner. Companies are scrambling to maintain their current trajectory, meet investor expectations, or in other cases just stay alive.

Less examined is when companies say “we need to cut costs”…what exactly do they mean? And, as leaders, how can you understand your menu of options to better plan? When the plan comes down from on high, it’s good to be prepared!

In This Economy? Change Everywhere

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022M.C.Management

Warren Buffet, in the most perilous of economic times, used to say “only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” Terrifying stuff, the thought of seeing Warren Buffett naked. But I think he meant to infer he was clothed. And that people didn’t really prepare for the down times. Anyway. Underneath the maelstrom and devastation of the national, international and political news cycle three stories this week from the world of tech jumped out:

Eastern Bloc(k): Playing To Win

July 15, 2021M.C.Management

There have been a torrent of headlines around the rapidly changing state of business in China. This has been going on for quite some time. Now, it seems that things have come to a head.

Month 1 – Raw Learnings

September 12, 2019October 17, 2019M.C.Business Updates

To sum up the first month of this project in one word: raw. There truly is nothing quite like the excitement of starting out with a brittle hope of a bang and hearing nary a whimper. On second thought, that would be insulting to whimperers as it has been many decibels less. This wheel ain’t […]

Month 0

July 26, 2019August 1, 2019M.C.Business Updates

Month 0 has taken 2+ years to complete.. YIKES, right? Carving out time and making this a priority has been far more difficult than ever could have been guessed. For those curious and potentially thinking of their own projects, here’s a little bit about our setup order of operations:1.) Domain – $202.) Hosting – $60 […]

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