Mar 8, 2006

Last week I was at the EAST Conference (if you haven’t gone, you’d be amazed at what these high school students are doing) and I wrote down my favorite quote. This qoute is from Jerry Adams of Acxiom.

We have to think about the opportunity cost of this shotgun style, growth approach.

I think it may just be that I like the words “opportunity cost”, “shotgun”, and “growth”. But, I thought it was put well. Jerry is a guy that I have a lot of respect for. He is great with words and people. He’s done a lot of great things for Arkansas and serves on many boards. He is well known for his contributions throughout the State of Arkansas.

His point was understood by everyone at the table. If you grow in a few random spots, it’s more difficult to manage because you spread yourself thin.