Wal-Mart was competing head-to-head with Kmart many years back. Then in ten years Wal-Mart suddenly incresed it revenues four to five times compared to stagnant Kmart. It's interesting to see what is going to happen with Wal-Mart's next efforts to increase their efficiency: RFIDs. Now, it's only about the pace of the change, not the direction.
Flat screen market is a traditional case in point where new technology will brutally replace the current 'old fashioned' TV technology . Traditional tv manufacturers are getting to have hard time competing with slim screens with excellent resolution and decreasing prices.
Having dot-com experience is a two-fold thing. First of all it's a great experience and a real-life school for many things that one should not do... However, unfortunately one is often connected directly to all negative related to dot-com era. Lastweek I visited a lecture in a business school and the lecturer took the dot-com company I used to work for as a case example of some failuries in business operations...
Vint Cerf, the father of VOIP, tells about how he sees the market.
Posted at September 11, 2003 06:00 PMI had what many might call a dot com experience. The problem is that, from a career perspective, your experience can easily be discounted without regard to what you may have learned/accomplished. Conversely, if you work for a well-known and well-run company, people automatically give you the benefit of the doubt without regard to what you may have accomplished. People simply trust brands they've heard of.
Posted by: Ryan at September 13, 2003 06:32 PM