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Friday 10 September 2021
Industry research (12): Hard work pays off
Olympic athletes are talented. But can they achieve anything without working hard and staying focused?
Thursday 9 September 2021
Industry research (11): Warriors need to know where their battlefield is
Many say warriors can't choose their battlefield. But in the consulting service sector, analysts need to know how to choose their battlefield in order to survive. Normally we know...
Wednesday 8 September 2021
Industry research (10): The customer isn't always right
When I started my business, someone from the electronics industry claimed "it's a complete rip-off" to sell our newspaper at NT$20 per copy, while others' newspapers were generally...
Tuesday 7 September 2021
Industry research (9): What makes a good industry analyst?
A good industry analyst has a good command of foreign languages, is dedicated, passionate, confident, humble, honest, and has to look like an analyst.
Monday 6 September 2021
Industry research (8): Differentiation is key to long-term business
Speed is definitely key to business success, especially true for Internet startups or enterprises specialized in mass production.
Friday 3 September 2021
Industry research (7): Positioning strategy
Times have changed. In the past PC brands had all the say with emphasis on white-collar business opportunity. However, after the surging demand of handsets in 2000, the Chinese market...
Thursday 2 September 2021
Industry research (6): Understand your position and competitive edges
Industry analysts can encounter dramatically different ecology in different industries at different stages. But no matter what you do, defining problems matters more than solving...
Wednesday 1 September 2021
Industry research (5): Insights are results of strategy co-developed with clients
A good analyst needs to know something that no one else does, such as sources of special information or expert opinions, and understands how to provide information to the right people...
Tuesday 31 August 2021
Industry research (4): Analysis is very different from analytics
Analytics is essentially different from analysis: Analysis is work that analyzes things based on historical data; analytics is a forward-looking inference from given data.
Monday 30 August 2021
Industry research (3): From news to information and infographics
Infographics refers to a visual representation of information or data. PowerPoint widely used in the last one or two decades and the availability of more affordable tools have posed...
Friday 27 August 2021
Industry research (2): Raw data is core
People who don't get used to spending time looking for information are less likely to understand the expertise and cost of organizing the primary material of raw data. Many people...
Thursday 26 August 2021
Industry research (1): The data-driven era has arrived
I have many years of experience in industry research, information integration, and making charts on my own. But as the research tools continue to evolve, everyone has his or her talents...