Uchikura & Co Blog
2025-09-10
The Paradox of Outsourcing Almost every week, I get the same message from companies all over the world:"Would you like to outsource your development?" My answer is always the same:"We don't outsource ...
2025-09-10
Losing One Customer Means Losing Many When a company’s service goes downhill, what was once smooth and reliable suddenly becomes frustrating, confusing, and inefficient. You may give them a chance, b...
2025-09-09
Doughnut Day Last week, I brought two dozen bagels from Panera Bread. Today, I picked up a dozen doughnuts and brought them to the office. I’ll try to bring something every Tuesday when I can. Si...
2025-09-05
The Communist Party of China did not defeat Japan in World War II. The real struggle against Imperial Japan in the 1930s and 1940s was carried out by the Chinese Nationalist government (Kuomintang, o...
2025-09-03
A Message For Those Considering Entrepreneurship This message is for long-time employees of a company or organization who are now considering going independent to start their own company. There are a ...
2025-09-03
How Do You Sell Oranges? When a businessman is told, “Go sell oranges,” he goes out and sells oranges. That is his role: to carry out instructions reliably, to execute efficiently, and to deliver res...
2025-09-02
We Welcome You at PSPINC We’ve purchased more copies of the U.S. Constitution and placed them in the lobby at PSPINC. Please feel free to take one home with you. I am deeply grateful that the Uni...
2025-09-02
Bagel Tuesday Every Tuesday is half-price bagel day at Panera Bread. This morning, I stopped by the Panera in Factoria, Bellevue, and picked up two dozen fresh bagels. It’s a simple weekly traditio...
2025-09-02
Learning Through Failure In the past, children often learned valuable lessons through trial and error on the playground. Falling off a jungle gym, flipping over on a swing, or getting scraped and bru...
2025-09-01
Today I had lunch at Matt’s Oyster House in Redmond Town Center around 2:30 in the afternoon. At that hour, the place was quiet, and I could really enjoy the atmosphere along with my appetizers. On...