Monthly Archives: June 2009

Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

Focus on the big things, not the little things Focus effort on removing the primary bottleneck in your process. That means stop working on anything that isn’t the current or next bottleneck or business as usual. And I mean everything. … Continue reading →

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Brass Monkey 2009 – a photolog

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

The reprobates meet for another Brass Monkey Tying down the bikes in the Ferry Glassy smooth crossing. A good sign – we could have forgone tying those bikes as well.. South of Blenheim – it was cold. We live in … Continue reading →

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The Fail of Bing. And google.

Posted on June 3, 2009 by

Like everyone else I have been trying out Bing.com – Microsofts “new” search engine. It’s useless. Here is the result page for “buy car” – with “pages from New Zealand selected”. Firstly it is difficult to see where the advertisements … Continue reading →

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When to resign from a board

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

Over at the SEC is an excellent letter from Richard E Middlekauff – who just resigned from the board of Heelys, Inc – a shoe company. Here’s why: 1: The shareholders are not maximising their return after the company was … Continue reading →

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A few fun GM Chapter 11 facts

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

A quick read of the General Motors Chapter 11 Bankruptcy petition gives some fun facts about the collosal disaster that is GM. Total Assets: $82.3 Billion Total Debts: $172.8 Billion. That’s 217% of assets, $90.52 billion in net debt and … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business

Posted on June 2, 2009 by

Give the people what they want Go through your Microsoft receipts line by line – and systematically reduce it to zero. Give this task to the palid looking guy who looks after your servers and databases. Abandon PCs – and … Continue reading →

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