May 12, 2025
Good morning!
Who did you have for Pope? How much did you win/ lose? Anecdotal: Approximately 3% of pistachios are fused tightly shut and you can’t open them; do you use a hammer or do you discard them and count them as a loss? How are you using your rhubarb? Pie? Crisp? Sauce? Conserve? Other: ________?
- They used to be referred to as bicycles, scooters, skateboards, and roller skates.
- Now this industry is called by some, micromobility… which makes sense, a good label.
- We’re told this global industry will be worth $340 billion sometime soon due to the ever-increasing popularity of these non-internal combustion engine vehicles.
- Marketing tip o’ the day: Most people over-think and under-test. (Murray)
- Marketing isn’t guessing, it’s testing… and almost no one does it.
- If you’re not mining customer feedback, you’re guessing.
- Test — Tweak — Repeat
- Should we celebrate these slightly increased high school graduation rates in Minnesota, or be concerned?
- Sorry, I don’t have data at my fingertips for the rest of the country — or the world, for that matter.
- State average: 84.2% for last year (MN Dep’t. of Education)
- In the face of complex problems and strategic decisions, executives often choose the wrong problem to solve.
- They focus on symptoms instead of causes,
- base their thinking on false assumptions and artificial constraints,
- and overlook key stakeholders. (M.I.T. Sloan)
- Global demand for data center capacity could almost triple by 2030, with about 70% of that demand coming from artificial intelligence work loads. (Panas)
- As A.I. usage continues to surge, computer power is becoming one of the decade’s most important resources.
- By 2030, data centers could require $6.7 trillion in global investment.
- Of that, $5.2 trillion would be used specifically for A.I. work loads, with the rest supporting traditional IT applications that use less computer power.
- The stakes are high.
- Over-investing in data center infrastructure can lead to wasted resources, while under-investing can mean falling behind.
- Investors also need to consider factors such as geopolitical tensions, which could introduce uncertainty in demand for computing power. (Ibid.)
- I would write about tariffs, but I have not yet gained enough knowledge to offer much to the conversation; maybe in a future edition.
