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Exclusive: Jim Collins on ‘Thriving In Chaos’

Chief Executive

If I could pick the one thing that I would change in how executives lead companies by magically waving a wand, it would be the timeframe in which they operate—that you manage for the quarter century, not the quarter. And if we do that, we can’t help but grow revenues per fixed cost. How do you get clear on what your flywheel is?

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Managing Increased Costs and Margins In an Inflated World

Zenefits

Managing inflating costs can be difficult for companies, particularly with high fixed costs like infrastructure or manufacturing. Survival in an inflating economy requires businesses to find ways to keep costs down while still meeting customer demands. Any of the above. Back to Vote.

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The Cloud is Not a Railroad - An Argument Against the Vertical Separation of Cloud Providers

High Scalability

A Cloud Provider Absorbs Huge Fixed and Sunk Costs. Cloud providers incur huge fixed costs for creating and maintaining a network of datacenters spread throughout the word. The fixed and sunk costs incurred by the cloud provider will dwarf any investment from third party service providers.