How to juice quarters, Amazon vs Groupon: a cautionary tale
The contrast between short and long term vision.
On the Groupon spam cannon:
dude, that’s why this quarter is soft, because we did that last quarter.
And he’s like, I don’t care. Send the email. Fix it next quarter.
Harvesting short-term revenue numbers usually comes at the expense of long-term brand value and trust.
(start the video at the beginning for interesting facts about the economics of airports)