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Re:Product-focused and sales-focused companies by musingsole on Sunday April 18, 2021 @08:49AM (#26851956)
Yeah, the message is to elevate the company's perspective to be aware of both sides of the transaction in which it takes part.

Life is always a game of balance. It may be obvious that you have to balance giving/taking as a business, but I've never seen business leaders talk this way. My experience is inline with the article in that businesses seem to go all in on one or the other as opposed to harmonizing the 2.

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Re:Product-focused and sales-focused companies by cjblomqvist on Sunday April 18, 2021 @12:15PM (#26853725)
A big reason for this, in particularly with big companies, is that managing them is like steering a tanker. Do you want to stop ASAP you need to do full thrust the other way for a while.

Obviously not the perfect metaphor, but for sure a part of it

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