More and more of our work is moving outside of the domain of general management and into what I would call entrepreneurial management discipline that deals with situations of high uncertainty—like building a brand new product. Eric Ries on The Lean Startup @ Commonwealth Club of CA
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I’m thrilled to announce that Plaxo’s teamed up with Avery Dennison to create an easy way for all of us to print labels for our holiday cards this year using our address booka—all without setting up any complicated mail merges. I hope you give it a try! (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
My Top 5 Takeaways from Mary Meeker’s latest Internet Trends deck
She’s done it again. In one deck, Mary Meeker summarized so well many of the trends we’ve been seeing as and in doing so developed new insights around what’s around the bend. KPCB Internet Trends (2011) Here’s my top 5 takeaways: The iPad is going to be even bigger than iPhone—Its adoption is ramping MUCH…
View from the office of Air Force One this morning @ Moffett Field (Taken with Instagram at Comcast Silicon Valley).
A fantastic infographic outlining the process for generating lifetime customer value for your business. In this example Kiss Metrics looks at Starbucks.
42% of people are already familiar with QR Codes and the #1 motivator for scanning one is to receive a discount. I’m glad to see this simple technology starting to take hold…
Rich video made by Google filled with stats on how people are using their smartphones. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
We recently looked at how US Smartphone consumers use, lose, and backup (sometimes) their stuff (contacts, music, apps, email). While many say their contact lists are the hardest to replace if lost, it turns out only Gen-Y seems to care enough to backup in large numbers and leverage cloud services well. Read more about the…
INFOGRAPHIC: Are we addicted to social media? (via @carlainsf) Several revealing stats: 28% of iPhone users check/update Twitter before geting out of bed (I at least wait until I start brushing my teeth) 49% of under 25s can be interrupted by a text message during a meal (we’ve banned texting at the table in our…
Myspace sold by Newscorp for $527M loss
Myspace sold by Newscorp for $527M loss Kara Swisher of All Things D reported today that Newscorp sold Myspace to Specific Media for $35M. Based on my back of the envelope NPV calculation that represents a loss for Newscorp of at least $527M. My assumptions: Newscorp acquired My Space for $580M in 2005 P&L to Newscorp…