I find it so funny that there’s a business practice called “blitz-scaling” which is a reference to the military tactic of Blitzkrieg.
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I find it so funny that there’s a business practice called “blitz-scaling” which is a reference to the military tactic of Blitzkrieg.
Did these marketers forget that… Uh. Blitzkrieg didn’t really work out all that well for the country that pushed it?
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@yassie_j ive always just thought blitz meant speedy, which- isn’t wrong but i didnt realise it was from that in its english use! in that word it means lightning though so makes sense
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@yassie_j wiktionary describes blitz as a clipping of blitzkrieg but its a clipping that happens to be a german word And be from a german compound word And mean the same thing so at that point its just a loanword id think??
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Yas-O-Lantern :baba_baba_yaseen: :agenderFlag: :transgenderFlag:replied to hazel “loops” cora last edited by
@h you’re not wrong! However, it’s definitely a reference to the German army tactic. Blitzkrieg was when the military would extend their troops beyond their supply line limits in order to surprise the enemy. By using this tactic, they could have first control and therefore allow time for the supply lines to catch up. Conventional tactics would have the supply lines come with the troops.
This manoeuvre is incredibly risky because, well, if you get cut off by the opposition then you have no way out because you have no supply lines… And even if you do get there, you have no supply lines for a while, and therefore no resources or troop relief.
In this way “blitzscaling” is moving so fast and so quickly without a sustainable resource supply (ie money) in order to capture the market and make it difficult for your opposition (be it rivals or the government) to take you down, with the hopes that your total domination would bring in lots of cash for you to use.
