Re:The Command-And-Control Mindset Is Killing Companies
by nine_k on Sunday April 16, 2017 @01:00PM
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Imagine having 5 important, large-scale customers. You need a dedicated representative per such customer. You suddenly don't have people for doing development.
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Re:The Command-And-Control Mindset Is Killing Companies
by fiatjaf on Sunday April 16, 2017 @03:36PM
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Imagine you don't want to have 5 important, large-scale customers, since your company only has 5 people?
Imagine there are no companies with the need for dedicated representatives, since they are 5-people companies also.
Re:The Command-And-Control Mindset Is Killing Companies
by douche on Sunday April 16, 2017 @04:02PM
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Imagine trying to keep the lights on, without those large-scale, price insensitive customers that pay 100x what the smaller customers pay, for approximately the same amount of hassle as any other individual customer.
Re:The Command-And-Control Mindset Is Killing Companies
by fiatjaf on Sunday April 16, 2017 @04:46PM
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I get your point, you're saying that large customers are good for your pockets. Ok, go ahead, take your profit, but accept that this is totally off the point of this thread.
Re:The Command-And-Control Mindset Is Killing Companies
by nine_k on Sunday April 16, 2017 @07:09PM
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Ever heard of economies of scale? If you like the fact that you can buy computer chips, or clothes, or meat, for their current price and not 100x more, it's because the companies making them operate at huge scales; it takes more than 5 people.