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Business Wisdom From Hannibal the Cannibal

June 11, 2014 by Michael Shea PA

Business tips from a serial killer….are you kidding??  Well it actually is classic greek philosophy from Marcus Aurelius….first principals.  Sometimes in business we overthink and forget to ask the basic questions…Hannibal poses the question to a young FBI agent during an interview about a suspect…what is its nature?   Well when considering a business model ask the first principal…what does it do?  If a coffee shop….?  How many cups of coffee do i sell to pay the rent and so on and so on

Business is less about numbers and more about intuition and feel. All to often the classically trained cpa and mba analyze and analyze and never look at the customers, the clients, and the reason buyer choose a product…..in other words the miss what Dr. Lector so aptly lays out in the following clip. First Principles Clarice….First Principles!

 

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