Tov Are Jacobsen

“It’s well worth reading about Netflix on Glassdoor.com, a website that lets employees anonymously review their companies. Note how many times the “culture of fear” is mentioned.”
― Anonymous

“something being “exceptionally rare” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s interesting, nor should we necessarily count it as strong evidence of anything. Exceptionally rare chances occur constantly, and the mere fact of their rarity may have absolutely no bearing on what conclusions we draw from having witnessed them.”
― Aubrey Clayton, Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science

“We found that suppliers of nonstrategic products and services don’t fully appreciate this purchasing task. So when they try to land a deal, they make two common mistakes. THEY FOCUS DOGGEDLY ON THEIR OFFERINGS’ DISTINCTIVE FEATURES EVEN WHEN CUSTOMERS DON’T WANT OR NEED THEM. The hope is that features that go beyond the specifications will win over the customer and get him or her to pay a premium. But trying to persuade a skeptical customer that such extras will add value is no easy task,”
― Anonymous

“The market for vacuum cleaners alone is huge: Transparency Market Research estimated it at $11 billion in 2012 and projected an increase to $14.6 billion by 2018, with robotic vacuum sales rising faster than others.”
― Anonymous