Comments on: Don’t Fall For the “Get Big Fast” Strategy http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/29/lessons/ Sharad Sharma examines the transformation challenges facing the software industry Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:52:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Sharad Sharma http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/29/lessons/#comment-1602 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:06:43 +0000 http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/29/lessons/#comment-1602 Arun, Excellent observation about the example! Arun, Excellent observation about the example!

]]> by: Arun.PC http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/29/lessons/#comment-1412 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:13:32 +0000 http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/03/29/lessons/#comment-1412 Dear Sharad, Don’t you think comparing Sam Walton’s retail with Hi-Tech business is not very apt? In retail, the ecosystem and landscape existed even in 1962 when there were a lot of other Ben-Franklins at that time. Wal-Mart perfected the art of discounting and business of scale. While in high tech industries like Nano-technology and On-Demand business not too many people can exactly predict how the future would look like in 5 yrs time. Here the betting is on the uncertainty of the future of the trends/fads than outlasting the competitors. What do you think? Thanks, Arun.PC Dear Sharad,

Don’t you think comparing Sam Walton’s retail with Hi-Tech business is not very apt?

In retail, the ecosystem and landscape existed even in 1962 when there were a lot of other Ben-Franklins at that time. Wal-Mart perfected the art of discounting and business of scale.

While in high tech industries like Nano-technology and On-Demand business not too many people can exactly predict how the future would look like in 5 yrs time.
Here the betting is on the uncertainty of the future of the trends/fads than outlasting the competitors.

What do you think?

Thanks,
Arun.PC

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