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Post by blaircavalier on Oct 14, 2013 19:54:24 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
I think the article is a great one. I really like the fact that they give true advice. It's natural to think that a business needs to do tons of things to be able to keep up with its competitors. Some think the only way to be number one is to do it all, but that is not true. Sometimes trying to do everything can be more harmful that most understand. Sometimes all it takes it figuring out what you are good at and doing that one thing. When you take time to concentrate on that one thing you allow yourself to become the best.
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Post by boris on Oct 14, 2013 22:08:22 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Know what your game is and play it tight
This is a great advice. Often, as businesses grow they expand certain parts of their business, then as more people and more departments join the company they tend to lose focus on what originally was the purpose of the company. This can make the company more mediocre, as the employees get busy with other stuff they will leave other important things half way done. Staying focused with your originally goal is a great advice that will lead to perfecting what you already do.
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Post by dipanjali1 on Oct 17, 2013 9:53:33 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
It is very essential for any organization to have its strategic mission and business plan before beginning its operation. It is very important for them to know what they are for and whats needs to be done to get there. Staying focused on the target can keep you ahead in the game.
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Post by bneedham on Oct 20, 2013 14:05:05 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
I believe she is correct. I have seen many businesses fail because they try to be a jack of all trades. Restaurants suffer from this all the time. It is imperative to own your identity and not let other people or businesses impact that. If you are going to be the best at something you cannot be focusing on trivialities which take focus off your main goal.
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Post by danielleolivier on Oct 23, 2013 14:47:36 GMT -6
I think this happens with a lot of companies, they have a really good idea and they go for it and once they're successful at this one great idea, they get more and more ideas and branch out and the original idea is left at a plateau, never reviving, never evolving, just staying the same while the company caters to the new, exciting ideas. This practice leaves room for competition to enter the market like the article mentions with the NowLive company. NowLive entered the market with one clear idea that was already in existence, that they revived and made their own while other competitors were ignoring the idea and busy with other endeavors. It is so important for companies to have a mission and a goal and while it is okay to branch out and try new things, all should be given sufficient support instead of having a slew of mediocre products.
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Post by brittanyfury on Oct 24, 2013 9:48:02 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
This article gives advice on how to stay true to your goal and company's mission. Many competitors shift their goal and try to expand into various markets. Sara Bordo recommends working continuously on your target goal and "climb the ladder" in that market. It is better to master your main goal and get it down to perfection, rather than to target several goals and accomplish them in a mediocre fashion. If competitors' are focusing on several goals, then there is more room and competitive advantage for you to focus on your mission so don't always follow your competitors. Know what game your are in and how to play that game right.
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Post by sbardwell on Oct 24, 2013 10:22:33 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
Conversations tend to follow the trend of getting off subject, and then the original subject is forgotten. Focus is the key to keeping a business on task. Sara Bordo is correct in stating a business should do one thing great rather than doing several things mediocre. Consumers are not interested in mediocre, they want something special. If a company can stay focused and do what they do best and keep it that way, they will ultimately be successful and strengthen their value proposition.
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Post by kformaggio on Oct 30, 2013 16:36:17 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
I agree with this author in that when creating an organizational culture, it is important to find the one area in which the business should excel and grow this area. For instance, restaurants like Raising Cane's and Chic-fil-a took their basic product, chicken, and created a culture around this product. Both of these companies have a strong leg to stand on, because they didn't waste time adding various menu items and diversifying, they found their product and perfected it.
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Post by cory on Oct 31, 2013 12:15:24 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
Know your goals and do not try to accomplish too much in a short period of time. Take the time to organize you goals and skills that need to be worked on and do not stop improving until they are perfect. Stick to the original plan or your business may become overloaded and eventually lose profits or even fail. It isn't necessary to continuously expand to attract new customers if you can still grow by improving on the core competencies that you started the business to have.
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Post by w0384905 on Nov 4, 2013 21:02:10 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
This article talks about knowing what your game is and playing it tight. You have to know what you're good at and what you excel in. After you know what your game is play it tight and you will succeed. Master what ever you do and do it the best of your ability. If you're going to play the game you might as well be the best as you can be.
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Post by jessicareid on Nov 7, 2013 17:24:48 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
Ms. Sara Bordo is the founder of NowLive, a video streaming service. She says to focus on your own business and to perfect your product in order to dominate the market. At one point many of NowLive's competitors tried to enter other markets, ending up with mediocre products across the board instead of one really great one. This is good advice for a new company, but obviously after you've captured all your market share, you will have to either enter new markets or produce new products in order to be competitive.
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Post by christiebrown on Nov 8, 2013 13:22:10 GMT -6
This was a great article. I definitely agree that it is important to stick to one niche that you are good at and will be your best at, and grow from there. Bouncing back and forth to different job fields won't get you anywhere, just like bouncing back and forth between majors won't get you a degree! It's important to know what you're good at, and grow as a person from there.
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Post by darrell2009 on Nov 8, 2013 13:23:27 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight This business world is nothing but a game and like the author say a lot of players lose sight of that goal and try to focus on many different path. Leaving some business out to work for them self and begin to lose money sometimes. Fpcus on that one business and just try to bring it to that next level and never take your eyes off of the mission.
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Post by ashleylevernharrison on Nov 9, 2013 20:09:31 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Know What Your Game Is, And Play It Tight
I agree and disagree with this article. In order to achieve a goal or an objective, you have to focus on it and perfect it. But once you have done that, you can move on to other things. It is all about balance between all of the projects that you do. The first objective that you achieved should not be abandoned once it is accomplished, but it should still be worked on and improved upon at the same time as your new objectives are being achieved. When it is done this way, then your company is still growing and changing but at the same time it is cultivating new and old objectives.
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Post by w0415498 on Nov 9, 2013 22:42:59 GMT -6
Always be true to what you want to do. And always stay focus. If you do these two things, you will succeed. You will reach your goal and competition will have problems keeping up.
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