Marketing The finance rationale for brand investment Brand marketing delivers more than good vibes. It delivers business results CFOs value, like above category pricing power and margins.
Marketing Differentiation: a finance optimization strategy Mature marketers see brand differentiation as a financial optimization strategy, and don't buy into arguments against distinctiveness.
Business Brand forward: A strategic edge for companies in transition How to transform your go-to-market mechanics while navigating extreme market volatility in 2025.
Business Economic consequences of affluent spending contraction What happens if the top 10% of wealth owners pull back spending by 10%? A recession looks inevitable.
Business Marketing's Chicken/Egg Investment Paradox Do marketing investments drive growth, or does growth beget marketing investment?
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Marketing OKX-McLaren partnership bet pays off, rewards patience OKX looked for a distressed asset rather than overpaying for a winning brand. The bet paid off.
Business When tech ambition meets agricultural reality Larry Ellison dropped over $500 million trying to revolutionize agriculture. What can we learn?
Business Trade war & tariffs expose U.S. small business Will tariffs drive a barbell economy? It's starting to look like economic Darwinism in action.
Business Apollo says inflation looks sticky – very sticky Inflation isn't retreating to the Fed's 2% target as hoped. Is 3% the new floor and is it harmful?
Principles Embrace failure as a growth opportunity The Bear. S2, E7. Forks. 34 minutes of inspirational TV up there with Tony Soprano's existential crisis prompted by ducks in his pool.
Marketing Marketing is hard, so let's cut the judgement "If you’re not in the building, you don’t really know," and other memorable quotes.
Marketing Did Starbucks really ditch their CMO role? Don't believe the media hype. Marketing power in fact increased at Starbucks.
Principles Resolute Acceptance & lessons from Hagakure Business is akin to war. Battlefields constantly shift. Hagakure teaches us to act decisively, without fear of failure.
Marketing Future Demand, Part 1, Types of Demand Future Demand. The most important recent work explaining the power of brand.
Marketing The Individual Contributor Marketing Director Master strategist meets individual contributor. They're a marketing unicorn.
Marketing What marketers can learn from software developers Marketing and software development seem worlds apart. They're closer than you might think.
Marketing Every dev marketing hire should write docs Three reasons why every new developer marketing hire should write technical docs.
Business Roger Martin on Strategy, WTP & HTW Roger Martin discusses strategy with Jann Schwarz at the B2B Institute.
Marketing Anti-trends marketing trends for 2023 Few marketers have a good grasp of the basics. This is your competitive advantage.
Marketing Future Demand, Part 6, Brand Building The most important recent work explaining demand generation.
Marketing Future Demand, Part 5, Brand Design The most important recent work explaining demand generation.
Marketing Future Demand, Part 4, Emotion The most important recent work explaining demand generation.
Marketing Future Demand, Part 3, Defining Brand The most important recent work explaining demand generation.