No Retreat, No Surrender Newsletter
Analyzing and commenting on the hot topics in business, politics, and economics globally
I do not play favorites nor do I criticize to be malicious or disrespectful. My goal is simple: Provide opinions that help cut through noise, educate, uncover lies and half-truths, and provide clarity.
Is Temu a threat to retailers in the USA?
On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos, a former SVP at the hedge fund The D. E. Shaw Group, launched the company Amazon. The first products sold on Amazon were books. Between 1994 and 2000, Amazon slowly started selling other products. In 2003, while attending an MBA program, I...
TikTok has a new app – Lemon8
TikTok owner ByteDance has released a new app for download globally - Lemon8 App. I describe Lemon8 as being a more dignified platform than the notoriously unpredictable and wildly popular TikTok. Some industry observers are now describing Lemon8 as something at the...
This is what no one is talking about when it comes to autonomous trucks
The article I’ve attached from Patrick Seitz is full of useful information regarding the progress of autonomous truck companies to get their technology approved. For example, technology such as Aurora, Embark Trucks, TuSimple, Gatik, Plus, Torc Robotics, and Kodiak...
The Most Important Role in Business: The Chief Operating Officer
I'm grateful that I have held different roles in companies like Amazon, Dell EMC, Deloitte, Capgemini Invent, Michaels Stores, and others. I enjoy working in corporations and also as a consultant. What I like most is interacting with different executives and...
The Future of LinkedIn
I'm a fan of LinkedIn. I think the company provides a valuable service to its members, and I can honestly state that LinkedIn continues to introduce new features to improve the experience for its members. For example, LinkedIn is adding AI-powered 'writing...
What Can Replace the Pizza Box?
One of the more interesting aspects of the pizza business is that pizza is round, the boxes are square and the pizza is cut into triangles or squares. Pizza is round because it's easier to make a round pizza than a square pizza; it's also easier to make a round cake...