The current challenging economic environment creates opportunities for the savvy and brave entrepreneur or investor. When many may find themselves hunkering down in an attempt to simply weather the storm, those with the appropriate vision and fortitude will take advantage of this mass hesitancy to get a jump on valuable opportunities.
At the risk of alienating all of my remaining friends in the public relations industry, I thought I might share some of my thoughts about agencies and their role in advising entrepreneurial ventures.
The current credit and equity crisis is bad, but it has been made worse because too many people unwisely buy high and sell low.
Sure, the current economic environment stinks. Most companies with cash are sitting on it, waiting to see what happens with the credit and equity markets. But some shrewd companies will take advantage of what cash they have to invest a percentage of it in acquisitions. From an acquirer’s standpoint, now is a pretty good time…
A clear and present danger exists to the advances brought on in recent years through the development of social media. The coarsening conversation apparent throughout the online media environment threatens to stall or even reverse important recent advances.
I was stunned to learn today that the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC blocks employees from viewing videos posted on YouTube. Now, I know that many companies do this sort of thing, but for an important national regulatory agency to block access to potential useful information seems quite counterproductive. This means that no…
What if we’re all wrong? Humans seem programmed to believe that commonly held beliefs are actually facts, especially when it comes to science and religion.
June 23, 2008 – One hundred forty years ago today, an invention was patented that few of us could live without, even if we might want to. Despite significant advances in technology over the past century and a half, most of us experience the work of Christopher Latham Sholes every workday.
Rohit Bhargava discusses his new book “Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their Authenticity — And How Great Brands Get It Back.”
Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal discusses Jerry Yang’s future at Yahoo — and her ideas for potential successors should he decide to step down.