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cost-based pricing

What Palantir and Lockheed’s financials say about the GovCon business

August 31, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s a good piece from Simply Statistics on Palantir: At first glance it seems their doing pretty well. Their gross profit (Revenue – Cost of […]

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Do government pricing policies hinder 1,000 fold improvements in cost or capabilities?

November 19, 2019 Eric Lofgren 1

Felix is developing a highly differentiated product that he’s been working on for the last 15 years that also has these massive business implications for […]

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The end of accounting, and why cost-based pricing loses relevance in the innovation economy

November 12, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Interviewer: Are you familiar with the economic theory of the bootleggers and the baptists? It explains the notion of why prohibition was able to last […]

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