{"id":2017,"date":"2012-05-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onefte.com\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:00:03","slug":"the-secret-corporate-invisibility-cloak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onefte.com\/?p=2017","title":{"rendered":"the secret corporate invisibility cloak"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onefte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2012-05-21-the-secret-corporate-invisibility-cloak.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/onefte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2012-05-21-the-secret-corporate-invisibility-cloak.png\" alt=\"the secret corporate invisibility cloak\" class=\"wp-image-1354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onefte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2012-05-21-the-secret-corporate-invisibility-cloak.png 487w, https:\/\/onefte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2012-05-21-the-secret-corporate-invisibility-cloak-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">original publish date: 21st May, 2012<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">decades on \u2026<\/h2><p class=\"onefte-placeholder wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Commentary coming soon.<\/em><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">transcript<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presenter: <em>When dealing with large corporations, by engineering your product or service to this price point, you are much less likely to come under scrutiny when they go looking for cost savings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On-screen chart: $millions seen as significant targets for renegotiation. Invisibility Zone: $100,000-$250,000. $thousands seen as significant targets for consolidation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caption: For some reason, nobody can see you in the middle of the road.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>original publish date: 21st May, 2012 decades on \u2026 Commentary coming soon. transcript Presenter: When dealing with large corporations, by engineering your product or service to this price point, you are much less likely to come under scrutiny when they go looking for cost savings. On-screen chart: $millions seen as significant targets for renegotiation. 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