[ Sergey Filianin's blog and reflections ]

Introduction to the fundamental laws of business

“Everything flows, everything changes.But there are laws according to which this happens”(Heraclitus) Imagine a typical situation. A company has been operating for several years under a well-established system: clear KPIs, regulations, monthly planning, proven management tools. Everything looks stable. And

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Markup, Profitability (Margin), Discount!

Today I encountered an interesting problem. It turns out that for many people, the concepts of markup and profitability are not different. When talking about the profitability of selling goods or services, they freely use one term or the other,

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We Don’t See What We Really See!

It might sound strange, but we constantly encounter the fact that we see what is shown to us, not what actually is. As a result, we don’t perceive the real picture and make decisions based on false beliefs. When

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