Ilustração da narrativa de Mongo

A narrativa que ao longo dos anos desenvolvo acerca de Mongo, aqui e no meu trabalho com as PME, acerca daqueles que não querem ser tratados como plancton, acerca dos gigantes que querem servir tudo a todos e, por isso, são incapazes de servir tribos especializadas, está bem ilustrada neste artigo "Does The Sportswear Industry Ignore Serious Athletes? These Entrepreneurs Think So" e neste trecho que descreve bem a coisa:

"innovative brands producing specialized products. While the behemoths go wide, trying to appeal to as many consumers as possible, the upstarts go deep, focusing on particular groups of athletes"

E ao mesmo tempo que Mongo se entranha, estes grupos particulares, estas tribos, distanciam-se cada vez mais da média que os gigantes perseguem. E ao mesmo tempo, estes gigantes, dependentes da pressão de activistas mais ou menos influentes no mercado bolsista, vão-se esvaziando de competências, vão-se tornando nas tais carcaças com um marketing espectacular a suportar um produto tornado banal para ser fácil e barato de produzir.

"In a post-athleisure world, companies like Nike and Adidas are increasingly designing clothes for casual fitness activities, like going to the gym or a studio class, rather than hardcore athletes.
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But three years ago, he decided to strike out on his own to launch a clothing label called Tracksmith, designed with serious runners in mind. His brand uses cutting-edge technical fabrics engineered specifically for serious male and female runners,
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Taylor's not the only executive who has defected from a sportswear Goliath to create a brand with a different point of view. Three years ago, a former Reebok executive started ISlide, which creates customized slide sandals for sports teams to wear when they're off the court or field.
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In 2014, two other Reebok employees left the company to launch NoBull, which makes high-tech shoes for CrossFit training. Like Tracksmith, these brands are reaching out to particular niches of athletes whose needs are not being met by the mainstream brands.
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[Moi ici: O trecho que se segue é a descrição perfeita da nossa narrativa] The new generation of sportswear founders believe that there is room for innovative brands producing specialized products. While the behemoths go wide, trying to appeal to as many consumers as possible, the upstarts go deep, focusing on particular groups of athletes. [Moi ici: Que melhor descrição de porque é que Mongo não é um mundo amigável para os gigantes]
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Tracksmith creates many products like this, with details that only a runner would appreciate.
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"The big sportswear brands have failed to speak to competitive runners," Taylor says. "In an effort to capture as much of the market as possible, they're not responding to individual communities of athletes."
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responding to what they deem an unmet need among CrossFitters: shoes that perform well in activities such as weightlifting, interval training, and calisthenics (all central to CrossFit workouts), but also look fashionable. Nike and Reebok have begun to make CrossFit shoes, for example, but to the NoBull founders, they're nothing much to look at, usually with few colors and patterns. "In the CrossFit community, style is very important," Wilson says. "They take it seriously and so do we.""

Isto é o mesmo tema do postal sobre os iogurtes artesanais. Quem trabalha para nichos pode dar-se ao luxo de oferecer algo diferente da média que os gigantes são obrigados a vender, porque querem chegar ao cliente médio ao mais baixo custo.