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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

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Strategy in Three Minutes. Episode 28 is live! Today’s topics: 1. Why dinosaurs don’t give birth to unicorns 2. 27 clicks to a burger 3. “The Era of Finance CEOs Running Retailers Is Over” Read more in my fresh newsletter: sbiryulin.com/blog/strateg...

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In case you’re wondering what is going on in Elon Musk’s “mind,” here you go. Ketamine addiction

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If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.

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The Profit Paradox: Why Creating Problems Often Outweighs Value Creation The #1 Money Maker for Big Companies Read more: sbiryulin.com/blog/the-pro...

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Please share this with your friends, family and any one you care for. Trump fired the CDC Disease Detectives just as the Bird Flu/ H5N1 is about to tear through America. health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industr...

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Risk-free life strategy Strategy always comes with risk – but not this one Nobody can take away from you what’s inside you. Read more: sbiryulin.com/blog/risk-fr...

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On average, you will take about 12 breaths per minute, that’s 720 breaths an hour, 17,280 breaths a day, 120,960 breaths a week, 6,289,920 breaths a year and if you live to 80 that’s 503,193,600 breaths. Every breath you take brings you closer to death. Make EVERY breath count! #Breathe

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‘Unmet needs’ don’t exist Many marketers and strategists advise looking for ‘unmet needs.’ But if you ask your customers about the needs they can’t satisfy, you will find nothing. Read more: medium.com/@sbiryulin_6...

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Want to create a new market? Focus on what others overlook Marketing can teach you how to sell more. It knows how to reach not only your non-customers and anti-customers. But if you want to create a new market, start with your most loyal customers. Read more here: sbiryulin.com/blog/want-to...

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Strategy in Three Minutes. Episode 26 Read and get my free book The Plague of Strategic Goals. 1. You don’t need a product-market fit to be successful 2. Why is Amazon closing its stores? 3. Has the "Chinese invasion" of the U.S. consumer market come to an end? open.substack.com/pub/strategy...

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Strategy in Three Minutes. Episode 26 is live! Today’s topics: 1. You don’t need product-market fit to be successful 2. Business isn’t about technology—it’s about people 3. Has the "Chinese invasion" of the U.S. consumer market come to an end? Read more: sbiryulin.com/blog/strateg...

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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal theonion.com/think-t...

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Strategy Isn't a Google Maps Route The 'A to B' Metaphor as an Example of Linear Thinking In strategy, there is no point A – where you are, and point B – where you want to get. This approach only works if you're planning an outdoor picnic. sbiryulin.com/blog/strateg...

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Watching AI lose its job to AI was not on my 2025 bingo card #DeepSeek #OpenAI

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“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.” - Upton Sinclair

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Ridiculous Terms Lead To Bad Strategic Decisions Measuring the "market" by units sold is absurd—but not as absurd as measuring an organization's success solely by profit. medium.com/@sbiryulin_6...

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We are in charted waters. Hitler’s dismantled Weimar in 53 days. aurora-israel.co.il/en/How-Hitle...

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

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It’s hard for me to share tips and ideas about strategy and growing a business when we’re all currently trapped in the 7th Circle of Hell. I can’t pretend things are normal.

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“The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.” - Winston S. Churchill #MerrickGarland

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Unpopular opinion: have more meetings, not fewer: sbiryulin.com/blog/unpopul...

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Strategy in three minutes, Episode 23 is live! Today's topics: 1. How to Break Free from the Competitive Mindset 2. Know your customers – as well as your non-customers, DIY customers, and even anti-customers. 3. The Unforeseen Consequence of COVID Read more: sbiryulin.com/blog/strateg...

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How to Break Free from the Competitive Mindset medium.com/@sbiryulin_6...

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Don't Buy the Present by Paying With Your Future Why big public companies rarely create new markets Read more: sbiryulin.com/blog/dont-bu...

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Reminder that Nestle steals 58 million gallons of water annually from a national forest 60 miles away from the fires. The hydrants are running dry. Define this stage of capitalism? #Malibu #HollywoodHills #PalisadesFire

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“Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.” - Margaret Atwood

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Last year, LA city council defunded the fire department by $23 million while redirecting $138 million to the LAPD. #PacificPalisades #SantaMonica #Malibu

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🔥"SOMETHING IS WRONG" ➡️ We Must Demand ELECTION RECOUNT & Forensics investigation Everything you need to know about statistical anomalies in the 2024 US presidential election ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Losers sell just to make a living. Mediocre companies sell to grow. But only the best sell to gain a strategic advantage. If you’re a business leader, CEO, or startup founder, you should read this book by @derekthestrategist.bsky.social —with a pencil in hand. Find the book here: a.co/d/ioKciwO

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My book Red and Yellow Strategies: Flip Your Strategic Thinking and Overcome Short-termism became my biggest 2024 accomplishment. Thanks to all who supported my book and my work in 2024. May 2025 be even better for you! Here is the link: sbiryulin.com/book/

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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...

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“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” - Winston Churchill #strategy #strategic

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“There is no action without learning and there is no learning without action.” - Reginald Revans, father of Action Learning

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If you’re serious about understanding and wisely using strategy in life and at work, you must add this book to your library. @svyatoslavbiryulin.bsky.social Red and Yellow Strategies: Flip Your Strategic Thinking and Overcome Short-termism a.co/d/dnwgb8j

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“There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.” - Alfred Korzybski

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