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Consultant Ninja: Thee Sunbeam method of Government Stimulus.

Consultant Ninja

After a quick spike of sales, future demand will be lower. So the effective cost per incremental new house sale was $43,000. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6%

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

MishTalk

Jewel Food Store Amazing Software Glitch; Purposeful Action or Programmer Stupidity? Hormel Cure 81 hams were allegedly on sale for $3.99 Kim notified me "the sale price was $3.99" and it was reflected on the receipt. It appears to me that Jewel software assumed the price on the sticker. December 2008 (85).

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Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, November 11, 2008. After seeing so many markets down, my cousin in the hunting business informed me that gun sales have been surging, due to Obama winning the presidency. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Joel on Software. Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly?

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Consultant Ninja: Classic Consulting Quotes (Chapter 4, Part II.

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Hes absolutely hammered the sales and marketing division of a particular CPG all week, calling ex and current employees in his quest to dig up the competitive intelligence information the engagement manager has asked him to collect. Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Joel on Software. Newer Post.

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Consultant Ninja: Classic Consulting Quotes (Chapter 4, Part III.

Consultant Ninja

Thursday, September 18, 2008. Timmys search for competitive intelligence on a CPG competitor to the client has been found out, and his ear was chewed out over the phone by the VP of the target firms sales & marketing organization. Thursday, September 18, 2008. Joel on Software. The Following Tuesday. Newer Post.

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Consultant Ninja: Classic Consulting Quotes. (Chapter 4, Part 1.

Consultant Ninja

Thursday, September 4, 2008. His goal; to ferret out their trade spend as a % of sales and their sales organizational structure. thats like what, 7% of sales or something, right?". Thursday, September 4, 2008. Joel on Software. Classic Consulting Quotes. Chapter 4, Part 1). Timmy: "Wow, thats interesting.

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A framework for understanding technology companies

Tom Spencer

The technology industry is booming: in 2008, Microsoft was the only tech firm ranked in the world’s top 10 public companies by market capitalisation. Hardware and software sales – where a product is sold. Platforms selling hardware and software. Top graduates are more interested in joining Google than Goldman Sachs.

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