Bad Sales Tactics: Crocodile Salesman
By Mark Suster
When I worked in London there were a ton of Aussies. I love working with Aussies because their outlook on life seems very similar to what I grew up with in California. Pretty laid…
By Mark Suster
Massive Retrenchment and Salesmanship Give Cisco Earnings Bounce
By John Furrier
After what some in Silicon Valley have been calling a ” Cisco Lock Down” – term used to describe the rabid focus to reduce expenses, travel restrictions to visit customers, systematic layoff of employees,…
Federal Courts Meet Social Media Challenge
[Editor’s Note: Glenn brought to our attention last month a Supreme Court first regarding social media. We now have more judicial news regarding social media in the courts. –mrh] Well, it took a little…
Build-a-Beard Founders Help You Conquer Pogonophobia
By socialnerdia
Every so often I stumble into an interesting + funny blog with the potential to stick around for a while. The moment I heard about Build-a-Beard, I knew I had to find out more…
Attention Journalism Entrepreneurs: Twitter is Changing the Nature of News Media and Business
By John Furrier
I’ve written on countless of times (and being correct of course) that Twitter (and social media) is massively disrupting many industry ecosystems. Today, NY Times writes a great post that completely validates the impact…
Is the Infoglut the Cause of Media Trust Bankruptcy?
By Tom Foremski
In my recent post about the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer, social media fared badly. But ALL media fared nearly as badly. Why is that? – Is it because we now have more media now…
Mothers Next Door? Sons and Daughters? Hate the iPad? Get Over Yourself.
Steven Hodson says I should get over myself: Well you bunch of tech-heads and early adopter dweebs need to get over your ego puffery and delusions of self-importance. Just as with the iPod and…
Google Nexus Closes Gap on IPhone with MultiTouch Capability
By John Furrier
Google is announcing new over the air updates to Google Nexus One phones (aka gPhone). Engadget is reporting that Google is also providing multitouch capability – a much sought after feature of the iPhone…
Risk is a Necessity for Exploration and Growth
By Tina Seelig
Trying new things requires a willingness to take risks. However, risk taking is not binary. You probably feel comfortable taking some types of risks and find other types quite uncomfortable. In fact, you might…
Craigslist Leads the $19.6 Billion Attack on the Classified Ads Sector
By Tom Foremski
Rick Edmonds, over on Poynter Online, notes that the classified ads sector dropped to $6 billion in 2009. This compares with $10 billion in 2008, and $19.6 billion in 2000. Much of that drop…