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Why the 1% is the 80%
Stop treating your largest customers as if they're just a single segment. Given the level of customization and uncertainty, each one probably needs to…
Jul 7
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Kevin Mireles
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June 2025
AI is just another form of modernization
How to apply economics, psychology and real-world experience to AI Adoption
Jun 20
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Kevin Mireles
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Forget the 80/20 rule. Focus on the .001%.
Why? We live in a world of Hyper Paretoism, where Walmart is 12.4M times larger than the average US business and the richest 1% control 40% of the…
Jun 3
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Kevin Mireles
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May 2025
Why is it quick wins so often lead to slow death?
The push for quick wins often comes at the cost of longer-term success, so why do we keep thoughtlessly pursuing them
May 22
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A lie exposed!
Real product companies are sales driven!
May 15
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Kevin Mireles
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A lie exposed!
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The Minimum Viable Replacement Framework: A new approach to replacing old systems
What I learned from burning through $20M of FedEx's money, and how you can avoid your initiative from turning into an exploding watermelon
May 3
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Kevin Mireles
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The Minimum Viable Replacement Framework: A new approach to replacing old systems
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What is the team cohesion & performance like?
Are they a high-performing team, or an entirely new team with no track record?
May 1
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Kevin Mireles
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April 2025
Has the technology been proven to scale?
If it hasn't been proven to scale, assume it will fail!
Apr 27
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Kevin Mireles
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Has the technology been proven to scale?
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Is the Technology Proven?
Until the technology has been proven it's risk that needs to be managed
Apr 27
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Identify and solve the hardest problems first, so you can plan and architect correctly
Has the team identified and solved the hardest problems that need to be solved from a scalability, flexibility, complexity, uncertainty, etc…
Apr 24
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Identify and solve the hardest problems first, so you can plan and architect correctly
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System Customizations: Do you know what they are, and/or who they are for?
How well documented are the customizations?
Apr 24
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Kevin Mireles
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System Customizations: Do you know what they are, and/or who they are for?
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How much customization has been done for different organizations and customers?
Why Important
Apr 24
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