Gold, Commodities and Procurement Strategy — A Big Disconnect
We scanned a familiar headline in The WSJ earlier today that gold was up yet again. Specifically, “Gold for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, rose 0.2% to $1,144.10 an ounce … [and...
View ArticleFixing Greece
I’ve been chirping about how automating the flow part of workflows, by adding a proper IT based process framework to BRPs, would suggest a possible 67% increase in World Wide GDP. But I completely...
View ArticleGoogle… The Worm Turns?
Google has been a remarkable company to watch over the years, operating as a pure product company that reflected Microsoft in it’s prime, which is just to say when Microsoft could make or break a new...
View ArticleConsolidation in the Outsourcing and Consulting spaces
Image via Wikipedia Last week, I discussed the Booz & Co./A.T. Kearney merger that didn’t go through and why deals like that are sometimes problematic. This week, we learn that Hewitt is being...
View ArticleSean Parker, Leo Apotheker and lazy journalism
The College of Cardinals was sending out dark smoke signals for weeks. But when the white smoke finally came out and the bells chimed announcing a consensus candidate, the press went “whoa!” They...
View ArticleFire Larry Ellison?
This post appeared on HuffPo suggesting that Larry Ellison should be fired, along with the entire Oracle board of directors. Larry Ellison is definitely the best paid CEO of America: he pocketed $ 1.84...
View ArticleKeeping Score: Exit Activity for Venture Backed Companies in 2010
Not surprisingly in 2008 and 2009 exit activity for venture backed tech companies was very slow. Last year that activity seemed to have picked up, mirroring the overall improved business environment....
View ArticleHow Not to Do a Newsletter
I get most of my reading done via twitter. I follow a bunch of smart people who essentially filter all that’s out there to what is truly worthy of reading. My feed reader is getting less and less...
View ArticleWhy Marketers Will Rule the World
I’ve recently delivered the keynote at Marketing Magazine’s 2012 Social Media Conference, and spoke about something I had been thinking about a lot lately: that the explosion of customer data provided...
View ArticleB2B Marketers Need To Get Real About Social Media and Customer Engagement
B2B marketers need to get more focused on how fast their prospects and customers are changing as a result of social media. It’s time to question long-held assumptions and look to social media as a...
View ArticleSaaStr in Wall Street Journal, And Why You’re Probably Going to Add/Have an...
The Wall Street Journal asked me to write about a topic which I think is critical to all scaling SaaS companies: talent, and talent outside the U.S. The reality is almost every SaaS company I’ve...
View ArticleFixing Greece
I’ve been chirping about how automating the flow part of workflows, by adding a proper IT based process framework to BRPs, would suggest a possible 67% increase in World Wide GDP. But I completely...
View ArticleConsolidation in the Outsourcing and Consulting spaces
Image via Wikipedia Last week, I discussed the Booz & Co./A.T. Kearney merger that didn’t go through and why deals like that are sometimes problematic. This week, we learn that Hewitt is being...
View ArticleSean Parker, Leo Apotheker and lazy journalism
The College of Cardinals was sending out dark smoke signals for weeks. But when the white smoke finally came out and the bells chimed announcing a consensus candidate, the press went “whoa!” They...
View ArticleKeeping Score: Exit Activity for Venture Backed Companies in 2010
Not surprisingly in 2008 and 2009 exit activity for venture backed tech companies was very slow. Last year that activity seemed to have picked up, mirroring the overall improved business environment....
View ArticleConsolidation in the Outsourcing and Consulting spaces
Image via Wikipedia Last week, I discussed the Booz & Co./A.T. Kearney merger that didn’t go through and why deals like that are sometimes problematic. This week, we learn that Hewitt is being...
View ArticleFixing Greece
I’ve been chirping about how automating the flow part of workflows, by adding a proper IT based process framework to BRPs, would suggest a possible 67% increase in World Wide GDP. But I completely...
View ArticleSean Parker, Leo Apotheker and lazy journalism
The College of Cardinals was sending out dark smoke signals for weeks. But when the white smoke finally came out and the bells chimed announcing a consensus candidate, the press went “whoa!” They...
View ArticleKeeping Score: Exit Activity for Venture Backed Companies in 2010
Not surprisingly in 2008 and 2009 exit activity for venture backed tech companies was very slow. Last year that activity seemed to have picked up, mirroring the overall improved business environment....
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