Leadership2 min read
… to the Death…
the sum of the parts at Sears (brands plus real estate) is worth less than recent market valuations – as much as 30% less!
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Topic
Leadership
Guiding with purpose
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Leadership6 min read
“i Don’t Get It” is No Excuse – Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter, Myspace, Plaxo
the next time you hear yourself saying "I don't get it" it's time to stop, Disrupt yourself, and find some time to get it.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
“cash Cows” Are Like Unicorns, a Myth – Gm, Chrysler
The idea was simple. Growth markets are easier to compete in because people throw money at the companies – either via sales or investment.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
“another One Bites the Dust” (or 2) – Blockbuster, Nokia, Movie Gallery/hollywood Video
The market is shifting from physical items – video cassettes then DVDs – to downloads. And both Blockbuster and Hollywood Video missed the shift.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
‘the Founder’s Mentality’ Recommended for Your Summer Reading
The Founder’s Mentality – How To Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership6 min read
buy Facebook Now – Catch a Lucky Break!
The values of publicly traded companies change, often dramatically, based upon changes in performance and investor expectations about the future.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
a looming recession – and you’re preparing how?
According to Merrill Lynch today the S&P 500 was down 8.7% in June, down 18.3% from the October, 2007 peak
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
You Want to Be Optimistic
The company lost about 1/3 of its value in a day – and over about 6 months the company lost half its value.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
You Really Wouldn’t Consider Buying That, Would You? Ford New Stock Offering
Ford is a company in the Whirlpool. It's odds of surviving are low. It's odds of making high rates of return and being globally competitive are almost nonexistent.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
You Have to Change to Grow – Including Starbucks
The government doesn't create growth. It can stimulate growth with low interest rates and money that will stimulate business investment.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
You Gotta Worry When… – Google, Microsoft
Microsoft has 2 product lines that make up almost all its sales and profits. Operating systems for PCs (Windows 7) and office automation software for businesses (Office 2010).
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
You Gotta Move Beyond Your “base” – Expand Beyond Your “brand”
"The trouble with brands," brand value isn't what it was cracked up to be. Using a boatload of data, this academic tome says that brand
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
You Gotta Have a Target
businesses no longer have some extended lifetime where they can sit back and "clip the coupons" as they rake in the cash.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
You Can See It Coming
The leadership did everything possible to goose up cash flow at the end of the last year in order to maximize bonuses and attract a buyer for the company.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Yes Amr, Bankruptcy is Failure
The reaction was less about AMR, which is having a first-time filing, and more about airline bankruptcies overall.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Yahoo – Another Disappearing Giant Has Nowhere to Hide
Yahoo today is valued at about $46B.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership5 min read
Wrong Assumptions Create Lousy Outcomes – Sony, Mcdonald’s, Radio Shack, Sears
The output of that training has been a movement toward focusing on accounting, finance, cost management, supply chain management, automation — all things operational
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Would You Do It, if You Had the Chance?
Imagine you were offered a job in 1998 to work at Google. Would you have been able to project the company could be a $10billion revenue company in 10 years?
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Would You Believe?
The consensus is that GM can now refocus on products, and regain lost share.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership2 min read
Working Within Permission
Success requires understanding what you can do, not just what you want to do.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership1 min read
Women Business Builders
The Phoenix Principle is based on an assumption that the owners/managers of a business are in it for the long-term.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Winning by Doing What Competitors Don’t – Cnbc, Fox News, Bloomberg News
CNBC has been the market leader for several years, and it's Success Formula is Locked-in.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership4 min read
Winning at News
For many years, CNN was practically uncontested. But in the late 1980s Rupert Murdoch woke up to realize that any business with one player deserved some competition, and he launched Fox
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Leadership3 min read
Will This Make Any Difference?
Michael Dell, announced he was removing the CEO and taking back the reigns
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025