Recent posts from CP...eh?

Monopolies And Governments

Governments tend to take actions that are monopoly-favorable. They increase complexity, favoring larger consolidated entities that have the legal muscle to maneuver. They increase regulation, favoring established trades and professions over startups and upstarts by raising the bar for entry. Monopolies have the lobbying budget you can’t even dream of. Governments cannot be trusted to [...]

How To Take Down A Monopoly

The answer to an industry-dominating monopoly is not legislation, and it isn’t a boycott. The answer is found in a few niche companies that do one aspect of the monopoly’s business so well, people leave voluntarily. Hollywood Video could not take down Blockbuster, because the two were largely indistinguishable. Netflix took down Blockbuster because it [...]

We Build Monopolies

There is a battle being waged between two normals. Under the old system, the company that controls, wins. Control over processes, customers, employees, markets, and rivals. Under the new system, the company that collaborates, wins. Open processes, vocal customers, engaged employees, and niche markets (which means rivals disappear). We keep talking about this “new normal” [...]