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May 12, 2024

Monday's Musings: Margin Compression - Tech Vendors Are You Leading The Way Or In The Way?

Technologies for the enterprise have often been seen as enablers for disruption and change.  Over the past five decades as one technology or vendor would come to prominence and dominate a market, challengers would apply new technologies or business models to topple the legacy market and create new markets.  Silicon Valley built its credibility on these disruptive market entrants.  This cycle would continue to repeat itself until the next challenger became the market leader and struggle to hold on to its lead while meeting the demands of investors and the market.

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May 5, 2024

Monday's Musing: When The Hunters Become The Hunted

Expect Software Giant Hunters To Soon Be The Hunted In A Digital Giant's Quest For Growth

Six of the Magnificent Seven (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet [Google], Amazon, Meta [Facebook]) stocks have entered the four comma club -over $1 trillion in market cap.  With a combined market cap of over $13.2 trillion, these six players continue to defy physics with continuous quarters of double digit organic growth.  Digital giants by definition have deployed five key strategies:

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March 30, 2024

An ode to middle managers

This is an ode to middle managers--the people who manage projects, serve as a buffer to executives, and lead teams in smaller batches. Today, we've gone from the COVID-19 era of over hiring to cutting out layers of management. In true American fashion, the pendulum swings all the way to the other side with little to no balance in the middle.