It’s not the product stupid
Business & Technology | Starbucks stores to shut 3 hours on Feb. 26 for retraining baristas | Seattle Times Newspaper
“The equity of the brand is based on the experience they create, and we want to unleash that creativity and that passion. They have it. We just have to give them the tools and the resources […]
Web advertising metrics
Slashdot | 6% of Web Users Generate 50% of Ad Clicks
Worse news for advertisers: these clickers are not representative of the population as a whole, most have incomes under $40K, and their clicks are not related to any offline buying. (They are mostly males between 25 and 44 years of age.) The number of clicks […]
MSFT offers $44.6 billion YHOO
Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo in $44.6 billion deal | Top News | Reuters
CBC.ca: Microsoft offers $44.6B US in cash and stock for Yahoo
Too little, too late, and for too much. Is this going to be Bill’s legacy? Going to make for lots of tech talk in business and tech circles. Google […]
100 Business Books Everyone Should Read
Do you read business books? 800CEOread has a poll looking for you to rate the 100 Business Books Everyone Should Read. If you don’t, here is a good list for you to start on. Many of these books are not just for application to your business career, but also in every day life. […]
Waste of a good beach
Neatorama » Blog Archive » World’s Largest Swimming Pool
Seriously, can somebody tell what the point of building the World’s largest artificial swimming pool at this location? It is not landlocked or in a desert. It is in Chile, right on the shore of the World’s largest natural swimming pool, THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
Rate cuts too little too late
TheStar.com | Business | What the experts are saying about rate cuts
The US Fed made an unscheduled rate cut of 75 basis points. Bank of Canada wasn’t informed about it (on puropose or just international ignorance on the Feds part, you decide) so it had to stick with its planned 25 point cut today. […]
No money in open-source software?
TheStar.com | Business | Sun Microsystems to buy MySQL for $1B
Who said there there is no money in open-source software? MySQL has built a stable and sustainable business model around its open-source version of its database. Now it is cashing in on that for 9 zero’s. Good job!
Canadarm is now the USArm
CBC.ca | MDA selling Canadarm business to U.S. firm
Despite being a good business decision due to MDA’s problems accessing the US Defence contracts, it is another Canadian asset sold off to foreign interests. Metals are almost gone, oil is going, and now more technology (nuclear is next - GE buying AECL)… I am […]
An economic outlook
globeandmail.com: The perfect storm could really blow
I second Anthony Westell’s view of the 4 major factors that will guide the economies of the World downward in 2008, and for many, cause them to plummet. See the link above for a good read (less the part about militant religion).
The future of books?
The Long Tail: Kevin Kelly’s Free Book Experiment
Why is everything about advertising? Yes companies (like Google) make a tonne of money from advertising, but I’ve yet to see a convincing display that there is a decent return on investment from it. Imagine if all that cash that goes to ads goes to advertising […]