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July 15, 2009

When Is Free Free ?

Ed Batista, GSB Alum and instructor, reviews a recent presentation in San Francisco by Chris Anderson about his new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price. Especially interesting is the idea of the promotion of celebrity, and of 'quantifiable reputation', something which may now be possible with social networking, where one can constantly track "friends" and "followers". Ed goes on to reflect on his experience as an executive coach, and how that relates to these developments.

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Posted, in Entrepreneurship, Society, by Paul Reist | | Comments (0)

 

July 10, 2009

Pets Up Up and Away

In my 2007 Blog Pets Indeed I highlighted an article discussing how much is spent on household pets each year. Now there is something completely new an airline just for your pet called Pet Airways. It seems like spending on pets will certainly increase over the coming years as you can already see from the statistics mentioned in the article American Pet Ownership Statistics.

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Posted, in Lifestyle, by Helen Losch | | Comments (1)

 

July 9, 2009

Git Yer Haggis at Crombie's !

Need a break? Note the storefront signs that Guy Kawasaki photographed while in the city of Edinburgh. No doubt every city has fascinating shop marquees, but this is a pretty good collection to scope out. And eating the haggis is optional. VERY optional.

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Posted, in Society, by Paul Reist | | Comments (0)

 

Free The Phones !

Are you interested in purchasing the new iphone 3GS? Then make sure you are on the AT&T network -- or are prepared to switch. And if you are thinking of purchasing the new Palm® Pre™, you must be a Sprint customer. Cell phone service providers have exclusive agreements with manufacturers that seem to be detrimental to the average consumer looking for the best service and best phone for their needs.

According to an editorial in USA Today, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission and the Congress are currently looking into whether these agreements violate U.S. antitrust laws. FreePress.net is currently sponsoring a petition directed toward members of Congress and officials at the FCC, hoping to show public support for the freedom to choose network providers, phones and services.

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Posted, in Business News, Legal, by Jan Driscoll | | Comments (2)

 

July 6, 2009

Andreessen Horowitz

No this is not the name of the hottest new band! It is the name of the new venture capital fund started by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. This fund is $300 million in size and "aimed purely at investing in the best new entrepreneurs, products, and companies in the technology industry."

So dust off those business plans and apply today!

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Posted, in Finance & Investment, by Nora Richardson | | Comments (0)

 

July 2, 2009

Mayo Social Media

If you are interested in how an organization incorporates social networking into its operation, check out an interview that Guy Kawasaki conducted with Lee Aase of the renowned Mayo Clinic. Aase explains the history of the Clinic's use of social media and how effective it has proven.

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Posted, in Social Innovation, Technology, by Paul Reist | | Comments (0)

 

June 30, 2009

Californeconomics

California as the eight-largest economy in the world is a major powerhouse for the U.S. economy as stated by an article put out by the Associated Press. Twenty cents of every revenue dollar California sends to Washington remains there. Most striking is the fact that California is responsible for keeping the retail economy running, more cars are purchased here than in any other state. The question has become will California with its fiscal instability become a major stumbling block to U.S. economic recovery? In the article entitle California Poised to Issue IOUs to Vendors, Local Governments the Sacramento Bee talks about when and what the consequences might be of doing so

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Posted, in Economy, by Helen Losch | | Comments (2)

 

June 29, 2009

Broadway Bias

New research suggests that woman playwrights may be on the receiving end of sexual discrimination -- from women. Stanford Professor Bob Sutton on his blog describes studies by undergrad Emily Glassberg Sands, mentioned in the New York Times, that purport to turn up bias in unusual places. Other aspects of the research include evidence that works by women on average are 18% more profitable than plays authored by men.

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Posted, in Society, by Paul Reist | | Comments (0)

 

BW Videos

In my internet travels searching for business research, I came across BusinessWeek's site titled "Video View's".

This site features interviews with newsmakers, discussions of current topics such as housing prices, financial crisis or the current state of healthcare costs.

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Posted, in Business News, by Nora Richardson | | Comments (0)

 

June 25, 2009

New Perspectives on Obama

Time to report on the latest arrival of NPQ -- New Perspectives Quarterly. The Spring 2009 issue on our current periodical racks is titled 'Obama's Smart Power', and highlights geopolitical challenges to the President's "smart power" strategy. The issue opens with a statement by Mr Obama, followed by interviews and commentary on this and other topics from the usual gang of suspects, i.e. world leaders, including U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph S. Nye Jr, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Olivier Roy (Globalized Islam), Afghan President Hamid Karzai, former President Jimmy Carter, former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, ex-Shanghai mayor Xu Kuangdi, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, author Fareed Zakaria, historian Francis Fukuyama, Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson, and others. Take a look.

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Posted, in International, by Paul Reist | | Comments (0)

 


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