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Behold The Radish!

This week, as you might have guessed from the headline, our Foodie Friday Fun topic is the radish.  More specifically, the business lessons we can learn from using radishes in cooking.  If you’re like me, your exposure to radishes has been mostly through salads, at least for the most common variety, the red radish.  You might also have had daikon radish in Japanese food, and if you’re a fan of French eating you might even have smeared butter on a breakfast radish and eaten it to start your day.

Radieschen - Raphanus sativus - Marktware

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If I asked you to describe the taste and texture of the radish, you’d probably say it was crisp and firm, with a sharp (it is a member of the horseradish family, after all) taste.  And that’s where the business point begins. Continue reading

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Passion For The Product

To finish off the week on our usual food theme, I’ll report on something I heard this week on one of the many podcasts to which I subscribe.  While WTF is generally about comedy, recently the host interviewed Anthony Bourdain, noted author, TV personality and, as he would tell you, former glorified line cook.  Mark Maron, the host, was discussing the similarities between comics and cooks and the discussion covered training and paying one’s dues.  Mr. Bourdain then made a comment that stuck with me and I think covers broader businesses than funny and food. Continue reading

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When Is “Good” Good Enough?

Today’s question is “when is good good enough?”  All of us try to do the best we can at all times I’m sure, but is that always necessary?  What if you’re able to make a product of slightly lower quality that allows you to sell it for a lot less, thereby making it more accessible for consumers?  Maybe the consumer can tell the difference but I’ve got a bunch of real-world examples of things you might be using where I’ll bet you can’t.  Here’s why the issue matters. Continue reading

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