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What HN saysHN commenters link its "Prepare three envelopes" story about dysfunctional organizations, and cite its pieces on Oracle virtualization.
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ilhackernews · 2014-05-11
April 2013:
http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Virtualization_of_Oracle_Evolves_to_Best_Pra…
KineticLensman · 2019-10-21
Not the GP, but perhaps the 'Prepare three envelopes' story [0], which seems relevant...
> The story of three envelopes is a business classic for dysfunctional organizations. It starts with an incoming manager replacing a recently fired outgoing manager. On his way out, the outgoing manager hands the new manager three envelopes and remarks, "when things get tough, open these one at a time."
> About three months goes by and things start to get rough. The manager opens his drawer where he keeps the three envelopes and opens #1. It reads: "Blame your predecessor." So he does and it works like a charm.
> Another three months passes and things are growing difficult again so the manger figures to try #2. It reads, "reorganize." Again, his predecessor's advice works like magic.
> Finally, about nine months into the new job, things are getting really sticky. The manager figures it worked before, why not try again. So he opens the envelope drawer one last time and opens #3. It reads..."prepare three envelopes."
[0] http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Prepare_three_envelopes
Agenttin · 2019-10-21
The story of three envelopes is a business classic for dysfunctional organizations. It starts with an incoming manager replacing a recently fired outgoing manager. On his way out, the outgoing manager hands the new manager three envelopes and remarks, "when things get tough, open these one at a time."
About three months goes by and things start to get rough. The manager opens his drawer where he keeps the three envelopes and opens #1. It reads: "Blame your predecessor." So he does and it works like a charm.
Another three months passes and things are growing difficult again so the manger figures to try #2. It reads, "reorganize." Again, his predecessor's advice works like magic.
Finally, about nine months into the new job, things are getting really sticky. The manager figures it worked before, why not try again. So he opens the envelope drawer one last time and opens #3. It reads..."prepare three envelopes."
http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Prepare_three_envelopes
dresstotheleft · 2018-08-07
The story of three envelopes is a business classic for dysfunctional organizations. It starts with an incoming manager replacing a recently fired outgoing manager. On his way out, the outgoing manager hands the new manager three envelopes and remarks, "when things get tough, open these one at a time."
About three months goes by and things start to get rough. The manager opens his drawer where he keeps the three envelopes and opens #1. It reads: "Blame your predecessor." So he does and it works like a charm.
Another three months passes and things are growing difficult again so the manger figures to try #2. It reads, "reorganize." Again, his predecessor's advice works like magic.
Finally, about nine months into the new job, things are getting really sticky. The manager figures it worked before, why not try again. So he opens the envelope drawer one last time and opens #3. It reads..."prepare three envelopes."
source: http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Prepare_three_envelopes
thematrixturtle · 2022-05-31
Clearly the solution here is three envelopes.
http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Prepare_three_envelopes
efitz · 2020-11-23
Time to make 3 envelopes: http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Prepare_three_envelopes
travem · 2014-01-31
Zynga are actually "well known" for having a hybrid model and running the steady state games on their private cloud - http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Zynga_Cloud_Case_Study:_The_journey_to_a_rea…
mbesto · 2013-12-16
There's some serious money to be had in this market. I would actually argue this a very low amount.
http://www.marketresearchmedia.com/?p=568
http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Big_Data_Database_Revenue_and_Market_Forecas…
Confusion · 2013-10-04
A market cap after n years is something different from a valuation derived from venture capital raised in prior years. Such a difference is precisely what makes for a good investment.
Salesforce revenue in the year of their IPO: $96M. IPO: $110M
MongoDB revenue last year: $36M [1]
[1] http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Big_Data_Vendor_Revenue_and_Market_Forecast_…