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November 2026
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Strategy & leadership11 min readTesla, Huawei, Starbucks: three ways in, three sizes of bet
For an owner weighing a local investment abroad. Three firms put in their own capital but bet very differently: a USD 7bn plant, data centres built one at a time, and 87 shops of which 61 were closed.
Marketing & sales10 min readRecurring revenue and the problem of customers who leave
For an owner thinking of moving from one-off sales to a monthly fee. The short answer: the size of your subscriber base depends on churn as much as on new sign-ups. The post has a break-even calculation, Dish Network and Sirius XM data, and the Starbucks Rewards case.
Data & analytics10 min readWhen history fails: how Starbucks forecast through COVID
For owners and finance directors who must plan when past years no longer help to extrapolate. Starbucks withdrew its guidance, published what it could, then reissued ranges; this post sets those ranges against what happened.