Many companies have hopped on the web 2.0 bandwagon to market their products or services – via blogs, Second Life, You Tube campaigns, etc. More often than not, their efforts are pretty unimpressive. There are exceptions though, and they don’t have to be complicated. Here’s one example that I think is a great viral marketing [...]
Here’s a good article on the early-morning routines of some successful business leaders. There’s no doubt that a little discipline in the morning will go a long way… I currently get up at 5:45 and leave for work at around 6:30, but that’s about it as far as routine is concerned. I’ll make myself go [...]
I’ve been a long-time user and fan of Yahoo Finance, but Google Finance is slowly catching up. Now they released a bunch of new features that are a definitive improvement.
It doesn’t happen often that Microsoft gives away software for free, so the fact that they’re offering a fully functional accounting suite for free is quite remarkable. With Office Accounting Express 2007 you can create quotes and invoices, track expenses, manage payrolls, produce all sorts of reports, and much more. Looks like a good deal [...]
This reminds me of some of the conversations I’ve had over the years with various customer service representatives… It’s just unbelievable to which lenghts some companies will push their CSR’s. I read the guy got fired after this little episode.
Every now and then, I’ll get distracted from the book I am currently reading. Today was such a day. I haven’t finished “Barbarians at the Gate” yet, but as I walked through a bookstore around lunchtime, I picked up a book that I’ve been meaning to read: Monkey Business : Swinging Through the Wall Street [...]
I just started reading a book that’s been sitting around on my bookshelf for quite some time: Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco. I am glad I finally got around to reading it. Barely 100 pages into the book, it is already promising to be a great thriller – LBO madness, power [...]
A few days ago, one of the most influential writers on management theory, Peter Drucker, died at age 95. “The father of modern Management” was known for his trans-disciplinary train of thought, combining sociology, economics, and other fields in his writings. I was fortunate enough to meet Peter Drucker in person and hear him lecture, [...]