This is my own summary, notes, thoughts on the book - I have added what I thought was important and elided other things, because I didn’t need to note it down. If you are interested in reading the original source - do yourself a favour and purchase it: it’s just $12 on Amazon Australia - or search for “7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy” by Hamilton Helmer and get it an any bookstore. It is a reasonable cost, to help you determine/understand where you are going to devote years of your life. Why sink it in unprofiable ventures?

Pre-requisites

In order to properly understand this article you will need to understand:

Pop Quiz: Consider the code below, and ask: where is the variable ‘greeting’ defined?

Consider the following:

Experiments with self

If you need to forward TCP packets then you can do so using iptables - which is a firewall installed in Unbutu.

What is the root of all evil in business, construction and finance?

Q: How does a project get delayed by 1 year?

We will use an analogy to explain the concept:

We continue our networking series, utilising analogies to explain: