EconomicaNatura

Good study in the not-so-subtle distinction between businesses and offerings we want to use, and ones we merely do use 👥

https://youtu.be/RATHbP1bAhI?si=18zomdCWFP65bxE3

It may take a moment to see that this observation is true, wherever both prices and profits are elevated in real terms, and in turn that there might be increased opportunities for new client value in these cases - and thus for astute organizations of all types and sizes 👥

If your endeavors depend on understanding and assessing one or more economic cycles, and you do not employ tools along these lines, you likely have a valuable opportunity before you 👥

https://youtu.be/Hv-evCbWMB4?si=k-PVKJD9LrGIuYCD

Thought provoking, and decidedly critical, assessment of US socioeconomics at present, and extending from 2008's Great Recession more fundamentally.

https://youtu.be/BGKvBHdXR4g

Familiar tale: upstarts quietly perfecting the next generation of a product, while incumbents maximize margins and burn bridges.

I Went To China And Drove A Dozen Electric Cars. Western Automakers Are Cooked A trip to the Beijing Auto Show reveals just how advanced China's EVs are. So what are the so-called "foreign" automakers doing about it?

To the extent this is true, and not merely bluster or posturing, it tends to confirm the concerns of TikTok's critics, suggesting the platform ultimately is not a commercial, client-focused, and shareholder-serving enterprise.

Exclusive: ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the U.S., four sources said.

It's often tempting and simpler to look at averages, but the true stories or dynamics of life often lie away from averages - that is, in the natural variations or unevenness around the middle of things 👥

Jamie Dimon thinks he knows why people are so gloomy about the economy The lowest earners have been left out of the economic boom, and it's no wonder they're upset, JPMorgan CEO Dimon said.

If you are going to be a generalist, rather than a specialist, in any market or space, you typically need to get scale, or will suffer compounding disadvantage in time 👥

99 Cents Only to close all 371 stores and wind down its business The City of Commerce deep-discount retailer, for years one of the few true "dollar" stores, calls it quits after more than four decades.

Important Econ 101 topic, and one we may have forgotten over time 👥

https://youtu.be/s_KA0r1Lxpc?si=mrnb-5vS3bgEyNud

Product quality isn't everything, until it is 👥

Prospective employer or employee, consider yourself warned 👥

I used resume spammers to apply for 120 jobs. Chaos ensued. AI bots are turning job searches into a technological arms race

Despite dire news headlines, EV sales aren't dropping, but growth is slowing in many areas. Offering a study for new markets of all kinds, after focusing on early adopters, EV providers now must adjust to reach waiting generalist buyers 👥

No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on | CNN Business Tesla’s slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids.

We may not be able to predict the winds of economic change, but we can expect them 👥

The US imported more from Mexico than China for the first time in decades The US also turned to Europe and other countries for imports last year, data shows

Doubtlessly creating opportunities for businesses with high ethical standards in their mission, practices, and people 👥

Ethics Ratings of Nearly All Professions Down in U.S. Ethics ratings of a diverse list of 23 professions are less positive than they have been in recent years, with eight establishing or tying record lows.

If it looks like a monopoly, swims like a monopoly, and quacks like a monopoly, then it probably is a monopoly, or at least a duopoly 👥

Apple’s biggest critics are big mad about the new 27 percent App Store tax Spotify is calling Apple’s latest changes “outrageous.”

Start humble, stay humble 👥

Good advice for entrepreneurs and their organizations, and not merely for budding physicists 👥

Interesting concept or offering, but likely too closely branded with its parent to have a life of its own, and thus to be a success - and notably unlike Chipotle 👥

McDonald’s first new spin-off restaurant CosMc’s officially opens McDonald's spin-off restaurant CosMc's opened its first location.

Always a fine line between fame and infamy 👥

Good overview of the interesting economic times that we're in. Not mentioned, but also likely driving spending is housing. Ironically, this is both by homeowners, flush with equity, and others priced out of home ownership, and thus flush with cash 👥

Why Americans' 'YOLO' spending spree baffles economists Despite past trends, US consumers are spending at record levels. Economists are mystified – and struggling to forecast an end point.

That sudden groan you may be hearing today is likely from car dealerships, at once hugely profitable and inefficient, about to be disintermediated and left fighting to service your online-purchased vehicle 👥

Amazon announces online car sales for the first time, starting with Hyundai Hyundai cars are also getting Amazon Alexa.

Careful with orientation, formal and informal alike 👥

Starting ventures is usually humble, headiness and its natural problems coming later 👥

Ever with a first or next step 👥

Endless home-based and internet-leveraging businesses, waiting in the many niches of modern life 👥

55-year-old spent $15,000 on his side hustle, quit his 60-hour workweek job—now he brings in up to $23,000 a month Rodney Melton left his full-time job in May 2022 to engrave concrete and granite pet memorials. Now, his family business brings in more than $200,000 per year.

Unsurprisingly, many of us prefer working from home, or simply being home. The only open questions really are the future availability and economics of home-based work 👥

https://youtu.be/eHkjRis4kUI?si=iB6CPYe6-eqaCWP7

Great case study for entrepreneurs, and their organizations and designers. If a product has to be built to far more exacting standards than ready alternatives, simply to achieve product quality, this suggests poor original design, plan, or concept 👥

Elon Musk reportedly complained about the Cybertruck's design and wants it to be as precise as a Lego brick Musk, according to an email seen by CNBC, told Tesla staff of the Cybertruck: "Any dimensional variation shows up like a sore thumb."

Grinding job interviews may be a sign of grinding workplaces, and of grinding organizations more generally 👥

Job seekers' No. 1 interview red flag could be a sign of a toxic workplace, says career expert Requiring more than three rounds of job interviews could indicate that the company is indecisive or disorganized, says Monster career expert Vicki Salemi.

Of course true on average, and never a good example of being above average 👥

How many other old brick and mortar brands, large or small, are waiting to be taken 100% online and made profitable again? 👥

Bed Bath & Beyond lives on!(line). Overstock.com buys rights to bankrupt retailer and changes name Overstock