495: Setting up scale: How to avoid voltage drop (with John A. List)

495: Setting up scale: How to avoid voltage drop (with John A. List)

Welcome to an episode with a highly regarded economist and best-selling author, John A. List. Get John's book here: https://amzn.to/3BDlHzj

In this episode, John defined scaling – an overused yet often confused word in the startup world today – and elaborated the term. He also spoke about the voltage effect and how it relates to scaling. The discussion revolved around the five vital signs that every scalable idea must possess to avoid voltage drops and gave numerous realistic examples to help us visualize each sign. John also shared the top things that we must keep in mind when making decisions related to scaling.

Professor John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on combining field experiments with economic theory to deepen our understanding of the economic science.

In the early 1990s, List pioneered field experiments as a methodology for testing behavioral theories and learning about behavioral principles that are shared across different domains. He co-authored the international best seller, The Why Axis, in 2013.

List was elected a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2015. List received the 2010 Kenneth Galbraith Award, the 2008 Arrow Prize for Senior Economists for his research in behavioral economics in the field, and was the 2012 Yrjo Jahnsson Lecture Prize recipient. He is a current Editor of the Journal of Political Economy.

Get John's book here:

The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale. John A. List: https://amzn.to/3BDlHzj

Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Avsnitt(830)

70: Managing your Case Interview Image

70: Managing your Case Interview Image

Image management is crucial. A significant part of our approach is around teaching clients to manage, control really, the image they portray. This involves a wide area like dressing, networking, email...

5 Maj 201220min

69: Important Case Guidance

69: Important Case Guidance

In our ongoing series of podcasts, we again introduce new advice about case interviews or sometimes view an old topic in a different manner. The objective of these podcasts is to explain concepts like...

29 Apr 201211min

68: Analyst to Partner

68: Analyst to Partner

In this podcast I examine my rapid progression up the ranks of the elite firms all the way from analyst to principal and then director. I offer anecdotes or my own experience and especially the mistak...

23 Apr 20121h 9min

67: What is business judgement

67: What is business judgement

You cannot and will not improve your case skills from practicing case alone. "Case skills" refers to a variety of skills including body language, communication and especially business judgement. Busin...

17 Apr 201210min

66: Follow an R&D Strategy Study

66: Follow an R&D Strategy Study

An earlier podcast discussed a fairly labor-intensive case where we needed to literally roll-up our sleeves to find and extract data, and a corporate finance study. This engagement is somewhere in-bet...

11 Apr 201234min

65: Discuss your analytic skills, sample answer

65: Discuss your analytic skills, sample answer

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution...

5 Apr 20129min

64: Talk about a leadership example, sample answer

64: Talk about a leadership example, sample answer

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution...

30 Mars 201221min

63: Talk me through your resume, sample answer

63: Talk me through your resume, sample answer

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution...

24 Mars 201214min

Populärt inom Business & ekonomi

badfluence
framgangspodden
varvet
rss-svart-marknad
rss-jossan-nina
uppgang-och-fall
svd-tech-brief
avanzapodden
dynastin
rss-borsens-finest
borsmorgon
rss-kort-lang-analyspodden-fran-di
rss-dagen-med-di
rss-inga-dumma-fragor-om-pengar
24fragor
bathina-en-podcast
lastbilspodden
tabberaset
montrosepodden
ekonomiekot-extra