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The Evolution of Industries | William Hatcher
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Back to A to Z Wineworks.com. CEO, A to Z Wineworks/REX HILL. The Evolution of Industries. Posted by William Hatcher. Asymp; 2 Comments. Industries tend to develop in four stages. While the particulars vary from industry to industry, there is nevertheless a common warp and weft on which the designs are woven. The first stage is the birth of an idea or the knowledge phase. It may be the natural progression of an existing technology such as the laptop computer, the mobile phone, Blu-Ray. The knowledge phas...
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What Business Are You In? (Part I) | William Hatcher
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Back to A to Z Wineworks.com. CEO, A to Z Wineworks/REX HILL. What Business Are You In? Posted by William Hatcher. Asymp; Leave a comment. In the Spring of 2008, David Collis, then of Harvard, and the late Michael Rukstad, coauthored an article in the Harvard Business Review titled Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? Because while Coca Cola well understood that its distribution capability was a core strategic asset, it neglected the fact that it was not adaptable to every beverage. Whereas, Coke, Spri...
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Return on Ideas | William Hatcher
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Back to A to Z Wineworks.com. CEO, A to Z Wineworks/REX HILL. Posted by William Hatcher. Asymp; Leave a comment. At A to Z and REX HILL, while we maintain financial reporting systems that are state-of-the-art in the wine industry, we have never employed an ROI analysis. Similarly, while we consider the measures of pH, TA and Brix in winemaking, we do not make wine by the numbers. For us, ROI is more aptly to be described as Return on Ideas. Next post →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Cult and Culture | William Hatcher
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Back to A to Z Wineworks.com. CEO, A to Z Wineworks/REX HILL. Posted by William Hatcher. Asymp; Leave a comment. The Wall Street Journal. Features a contest called Winning Workplaces to highlight outstanding small companies. When one reads profiles of the winners, the criteria for selection focus on such things as training, a hands-on work ethic, wellness programs, open book policies and sustainability. Rarely, if ever, is the overall culture addressed. We have all heard. Culture, on the other hand,.
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The Capital Shell Game: Liquidity & Value | William Hatcher
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Back to A to Z Wineworks.com. CEO, A to Z Wineworks/REX HILL. The Capital Shell Game: Liquidity & Value. Posted by William Hatcher. Asymp; Leave a comment. The repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999 was an accelerant as commercial banks became free to assume the trading and investment functions hitherto limited to merchant or investment banking. As a result, commercial banks began shifting deposits from lending to trading. Today, only 8% of bank deposits are lent to businesses. Concurrently in the 80’s, a new ...
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April | 2012 | William Hatcher
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Back to A to Z Wineworks.com. CEO, A to Z Wineworks/REX HILL. Posted by William Hatcher. Asymp; 3 Comments. Strategic plans probably fail more often than they succeed. Perhaps the most prevalent reason is the practice of starting from the numbers and working backward toward strategy, a tendency common to financially driven companies that set their goals for revenue and earnings growth then cast about for a strategy to underwrite those goals. Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? In the case of A to Z. Disne...
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A to Z Wineworks: November 2008
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Thursday, November 13, 2008. At the beginning of October we were looking at a disaster and right now at the beginning of November we are looking at a triumph. We were blessed with weeks of beautiful weather, low yields and fruit (for those who were patient) that will make some truly beautiful wines. This was a long harvest (picking began on September 25th and stopped on Halloween); it is also one of the finest. A to Z Wineworks. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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A to Z Wineworks: June 2008
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Sunday, June 29, 2008. This past week was the Seattle Wine&Spirits Magazine Hot Picks. Presented with the catchy phrase of "Drink Wine. Save Water" the event was a celebration of Wine and Spirits critic's top picks. A to Z's 2006 pinot noir, with a critic's score of 90 made the grade and we were invited to pour our wines and hang out with a bunch of other wine professionals, eat some tasty bites, and generally have a good time. The event was held at the Paramount Theatre. A to Z Wineworks. If you haven't...
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A to Z Wineworks: Summer Events
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Monday, August 4, 2008. Summer is in full bloom and we are enjoying the many visitors to the Willamette Valley. June 24, we kicked off the summer events with the annual Grower’s Appreciation Dinner held in the Rex Hill gardens and catered by Haagenson’s BBQ of Carlton, OR. The only requirement for attendance from our 70 growers was drawing a pig… with their eyes closed and never lifting the pen. July 25-27 was the 22nd annual International Pinot Noir Celebration. And Eric Moore of Victory teamed up to ca...
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A to Z Wineworks: Ahoy Matey!
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Monday, October 13, 2008. September 19th marked 2008's International Talk Like a Pirate Day. A to Z celebrated in true pirate. Form to mark the launching of A to Z to cyberspace on PinotNoir.com. Complete with Pirate's Booty. And skeletons; A to Z's launch in to cyberspace. A to Z Wineworks. Bill looks like a "real" pirate:) lol. November 6, 2008 at 7:49 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. A to Z Wineworks. Fiction and Poetry from the New Yorker. Molecule of the Day.