<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[10thousandandone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Understanding how things work, and how that drives businesses.]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:41:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Strategy Behind Supermarket Floorplans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: The Incredibles The Floor Is the Product The milk is at the back of the store on purpose. So is everything else. The floor isn't just a layout. It's a revenue machine. Store routes, product shelf placement, sensory cues - all engineered. Here's the mechanism, how Costco and IKEA each leverage it into their strategy, and how that translates to ecommerce and digital storefronts. I) It's about the journey, and the destination. The main lever behind floor planning is simple: maximise the...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/the-strategy-behind-supermarket-floorplans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a043fe0e5f825d008b1bcfa</guid><category><![CDATA[0 to 60]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_de2c4229e68447c28cf34b80ef94d00d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_977,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Density reduces the cost to try, which, in turn, incentivizes innovation. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There I was, ordering an uber, with the trip start point originating in downtown. Firstly, I had more optionality. Amongst those options, was the offer to choose between a solo ride, for $45, and a shared trip, for $35 (with the latter, keeping $10 in my pocket). With density, comes the benefit of someone else likely heading in the same direction, at the same time, and the ability to share costs with little trade off when it comes to time, accessibility and convenience. Demand is...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/density-reduces-the-cost-to-try-which-in-turn-incentivizes-innovation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6995619b180bb9f884cccb92</guid><category><![CDATA[0 to 60]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56b3b2_97d3fbc7e0b94e51a38fc42991b0cb5f~mv2.gif/v1/fit/w_400,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Buying Pasta Sauce Reminded Me About M&#38;A - Why Companies Buy Sauce Instead of Recipes. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Noisey Standing in the grocery store, staring at a shelf of pasta sauce, I had a small but familiar realization. I could  make this myself. Buy tomatoes. Experiment with spices. Burn a few batches. Learn what works, what doesn’t, and slowly refine the recipe. Or I could just buy the sauce. Not because I can’t cook - but because someone else has already figured out how to make it well, consistently, and at scale. That simple trade-off mirrors a much more consequential one companies...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/why-companies-buy-sauce-instead-of-recipes-what-buying-pasta-sauce-taught-me-about-m-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69817eace90da4b7522d40d7</guid><category><![CDATA[0 to 60]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:02:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_3ff09864cc004f66a1b279712bed60ba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franchise or Own? It Starts With Systemizing the Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Carlos Eats When people talk about scaling, the conversation often collapses into a binary: franchise or own. That framing misses what actually determines whether a business can scale without breaking. The real distinction isn’t ownership structure. It’s whether the experience has been engineered into the system - or whether it still lives in individuals . This is explored here, through: The distinction that matters: system-led vs judgment-led businesses McDonald’s: an experience...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/franchise-or-own-it-starts-with-systemizing-the-experience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69782bd9d87a58890163ccab</guid><category><![CDATA[X's and O's]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_3d081f58fb2e4383b188d2a463e69b7e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_533,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Porter's 5 Forces to determine what makes businesses scalable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: ChatGPT Porter's 5 Forces is a framework used to analyze a market and evaluate it's competitiveness. ( Investopedia ) They include: Power of buyers Power of suppliers Threat of new entrants Threat of substitutes Rivalry amongst competitors With that in the back of my head, I considered what makes a business scalable, and found myself coming to three drivers, using a "back of the envelope" approach: Feasible unit economics Economic value creation A sustainable competitive positioning,...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/using-porter-s-5-forces-to-determine-what-makes-businesses-scalable</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69715d8961068570a94cddc4</guid><category><![CDATA[X's and O's]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_e9fc61d4ac2a4350815efc3be23f9bae~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Movers Advantage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: NYTimes First-mover advantage  is a business phenomenon where a company is early into a new product, service, technique, or market – and benefits by getting there first. That can look like signing up customers quickly, becoming the brand most associated with the category, or shaping what “good” looks like before anyone else has a say. Imitation , on the other hand, is often frowned upon outside of business, but strategically it can be powerful: you can copy what’s been proven, skip...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/first-movers-advantage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691f3326ca8861c3626c91da</guid><category><![CDATA[X's and O's]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:00:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_dd685cdaded646cd9c90938aecae3edf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cost of Strategic Missteps - How Moving Goalposts Led to a €1 Billion Loss and 95% Profit Plunge for Germany’s Automakers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lyrics from Peligro - Giggs (feat. Dave) from Genius.com  - The cultural relevance of German automakers So… about a month ago, my car broke down... In that moment I wasn’t thinking about strategy decks or five-forces diagrams. I was thinking like a consumer: cost, value, functionality, and availability. Which shop is close and reliable? How do I get this resolved at a reasonable cost, in a reasonable timeline, with as little friction as possible? Then there’s functionality. If two options are...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/the-cost-of-strategic-missteps-how-moving-goalposts-led-to-a-1b-loss-and-95-profit-plunge-for-ge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691d0751ddc0c37d5289ac59</guid><category><![CDATA[X's and O's]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:09:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH53amfgfp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Nike Lost $28 Billion — and the Playbook It’s Using to Win Back Market Share]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Boss Hunting ;  Sneaker Freaker ; NY Post Nike lost $28B in market value in a single trading day , surrendered shelf space, and watched challengers like On and Hoka run straight through the lanes it opened. Now, under Elliott Hill — a 32-year Nike veteran who previously served as President of Consumer and Marketplace, overseeing the company’s global sales, retail and wholesale relationships, and who has returned as CEO — the brand is rebuilding from the fundamentals: sport, product,...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/how-nike-lost-28-billion-and-the-playbook-it-s-using-to-win-back-market-share</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6915ed2098ab608cbd1448f8</guid><category><![CDATA[X's and O's]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:22:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_a2834837567e4a9d8118adea6d3d2bf0~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taseko Mines Ltd.  is a Vancouver-based, North American copper-focused mining company engaged in the acquisition , development , and operation  of large-tonnage copper and base metal deposits. It operates the long-life Gibraltar  open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in British Columbia and is advancing the Florence in-situ copper recovery project in Arizona toward commercial production. Taseko also maintains a portfolio of development-stage assets including Yellowhead , Aley (niobium), and New...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/taseko-mines-tsx-tko-nyse-tgb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69127d4fafb3ca6264f87183</guid><category><![CDATA[@yvrmining]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:05:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_df4015ecdb654387b0c781193d4d794e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Mining? Why Copper?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Mining? Because we need it — full stop. Natural resources are the foundation of modern life: everything from housing to transport to technology starts here. Mining operates at a scale few industries can match, and with Vancouver (where I'm currently located) being a global leader in the space, there are a number of very interesting companies on my doorstep. It’s a capital-heavy, globally essential business that rewards discipline, foresight, and operational excellence.  Why Copper? Copper...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/why-mining-why-copper</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69127589f62ae997b5c8d362</guid><category><![CDATA[@yvrmining]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:59:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_0955558d8e774b3c863a8e4d8266d079~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership - aka customised customer service (where your team are your customers...)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Through the lens of directing and sports ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpvCiu2mRA8 ) Here MBJ alludes to a very important concept in...]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/leadership-aka-customised-customer-service-where-your-team-are-your-customers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ffd3da793cea2f6d44d37c</guid><category><![CDATA[0 to 60]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:58:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/76894f_17c93920d543450a8b4a8fd5441d032a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_730,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Panashe Mwamuka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using humour to engage the casual consumer]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to engage an audience that is not (initially) wanting to be sold to - Through the lens of modern digital marketing strategies......]]></description><link>https://10thousandandone.wixsite.com/10thousandandone/post/using-humour-to-engage-the-casual-consumer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66fd7be8ed4846ae7f6ebc07</guid><category><![CDATA[0 to 60]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:45:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56b3b2_f866b2ea65554fb3ac522d01caa154fa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_642,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>10thousandandone</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>