BCG's Framed Mouse Cord
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A brief story about how BCG (Boston Consulting Group) displayed their commitment to keyboard-only Excel usage.
"At BCG, they had a wired mouse with the cord clearly cut, and it was framed on the wall. The message was 'That's what you're gonna do here - the mouse is cut to show you don't use the mouse.'"
This story illustrates how serious consulting firms were about keyboard efficiency in Excel, where using a mouse was seen as inefficient compared to keyboard shortcuts.
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.