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Invite Friends   From the Editor's Desk The Blitzscaling Basics The classic approach to business strategy involves gathering information and making decisions when you can be reasonably confident of the results. Take risks, conventional wisdom says, but take calculated ones that you can both measure and afford. Implicitly, this technique prioritizes correctness and efficiency over speed. Unfortunately, this cautious and measured approach falls apart when new technologies enable a new market or scramble an existing one. Efficiency and certainty, while innately appealing, and very important in the context of a stable, established market, offer little guidance to the disruptors, inventors, and innovators of the world. When a market is up for grabs, the risk isn't inefficiency - the risk is playing it too safe. If you win, efficiency isn't that important; if you lose, efficiency is completely irrelevant. Over the years, many have criticized Amazon for its risky strategy of consuming capital without delivering consistent profits, but Amazon is probably glad that its "inefficiency" helped it win several key markets - online retail, e-books, and cloud computing, to name just a few. Continued here Read TradeBriefs every day, for the most interesting insight! Advertisers of the day INSEAD: Develop core leadership capabilities | Take on senior roles | SGD 66,000 | Apply now! EMERITUS: PG Diploma in Innovation & Design Thinking Online Program | Accepting Applications Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails.     Amazon is opening a supermarket with no cashiers. Is Whole Foods next? The new Amazon Go store concept debuts on Tuesday in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. 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