Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 8th February 2012

Dilbert//8334, first published fourteen years ago on Wednesday 8th February 2012

Tags

low margin lines high risk start up lumbering inefficiencies buy in

Official transcript

Boss: We're abandoning our low-margin lines of business and going into a whole new field. Dilbert: So... we'll be like a high-risk start-up company burdened with lumbering inefficiencies and a high cost structure? Boss: Was anything you said the same as buy-in?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE'RE ABANDONING OUR LOW- MARGIN LINES OF BUSINESS AND GOING INTO A WHOLE NEW FIELD.

SO... WELL BE LIKE A HIGH- RISK STARTUP COMPANY BURDENED WITH LUMBERING INEFFICIENCIES AND A HIGH COST STRUCTURE?

WAS ANYTHING YOU SAID THE SAME AS BUY-IN?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Buy-in"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled engineer with a bald head and a white shirt, standing in front of a group of people. He is addressing a woman with curly hair and a pink top, saying, "We're abandoning our low-margin lines of business and going into a whole new field." The woman responds, "So... well be like a high-risk start-up company burdened with lumbering inefficiencies and a high cost structure?" Dilbert then asks, "Was anything you said the same as buy-in?" The comic strip humorously highlights the challenges of transitioning to a new business model and the importance of understanding the implications of such a move.

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