Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I didn't say it was a piece of cake, I said it was a SME, small to medium sized enterprise and we should grant them the same good will we grant other niche companies ... not big, but important, at least for us. I ran a company myself not too long ago. I've been there, done that. Daniel On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Austin Franklin wrote: > > > So, if you can run a greasy-joint in Austin or a picture bureau ... you > > can run Leica :) > > > > They're just trying to get by. Who isn't? > > Daniel, > > I have had experience running a few reasonable sized organization (one as > large as Leica, if not larger, and the others probably smaller), and I can > assure you, Leica is far more difficult to run than a greasy joint in Austin > (Texas that is), or "a" picture bureau (there are some large ones of these, > but it's a different fish). Leica has design, manufacturing, distribution, > service, marketing...it's more than just three guys, a web site and a > telephone. No, they are not the size of Nikon, but that doesn't mean it's a > "piece of cake" to run, and it certainly doesn't compare to a burger > flipping joint. > > Austin > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html