Re:Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media
by rhizome on Saturday December 07, 2013 @06:30PM
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I've never been to business school, but I have to think there is a basic tenet regarding external dependencies that Demand Media ignored, whether it was through ignorance or hubris.
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Re:Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media
by mathattack on Saturday December 07, 2013 @09:43PM
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As an MBA speaking, business school wouldn't have taught you anything beyond 3 years of reading of HN on this topic. Perhaps MBAspeak calls is not outsourcing your core competencies, but the common sense answer is not to put your entire livelihood in the hands of one external party.
Re:Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media
by larrys on Saturday December 07, 2013 @06:35PM
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Would like to point out (I did go to business school) this may very well be something they teach in business school (I don't really remember) but much of business is really common sense at least with respect to entrepreneurship. (Which is why there are so many successful people that did not go to business school). Not to mention the fact that even if you do learn this in business school it might be any number of things that you learn without any degree of "how important is this anyway". Think of reading a "man" page with a million options and arguments. Someone with real life experience knows what is really important from experience to concentrate on. Anyone can memorize things.