Five things my sister’s wedding taught me about business
Image courtesy of the Newlyweds, and their hilarious dog Dexter. This past weekend I spent hours in front of cameras, friends and most importantly, family. As my face has spent t
Five Ways Experts Build an Online Audience
The Internet arguably has become the most powerful publishing house in the twenty-first century. When I first learned that I would be writing this week’s blog, I was excited to r
Everyone wants to be Apple
It’s a phenomenon. Companies across the globe have been swept away in discussions of the alluring, lusty buzzword “disruption.” The radiant glow of the crisp white Macintosh
Global Regulation: Is it Even a Possibility?
There are buzzwords across the financial services industry – cyber-security, cloud computing, SEFs – which have a value in their respective sectors. However, there is one term
Facebook’s experiment meddles with moods, and ethics
European regulators are digging into the recently uncovered news that Zuckerberg and Co. manipulated the timelines of almost 700,000 users to gauge reactions to feeds with more pos
3 Lessons your business can learn from the World Cup
Whether you’ve been captivated by the phenomenon or a casual passerby, it will benefit your business to tune in to the World Cup and learn a few things.
GM’s Fatal Errors
There’s a passage in Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club where the narrator tells an airline seatmate that his employer, an automaker, determines whether to recall defective car
The Ghost of Posts Past
Individual privacy has once again become the topic of headlines over the past month as Google has made initial efforts to comply with the EU’s infamous “right to be forgotten
Hiring? Character counts.
I’ve hired quite a few people over my career, and I’ve made many excellent choices. But I’ve also made my fair share of misjudgments. Hopefully, we all get better at this
Four Leaked NY Times strategies you missed, but your biz needs
Two weeks ago the New York Times innovation report was leaked for all eyes to read. Although the 96-page report may have slipped through your news cycle, the report is a critical