Archive for June 28th, 2004

Carnival of the Capitalists

This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at EGO.

 

Blogroll Update

As if it wasn’t long enough already, I’ve added a few more of my daily reads to my blogroll at right. Few, in this case, means 68. In alphabetical order, the new additions are: A VC Adrants Ageless Marketing Angie McKaig Ardinger Authentic Boredom Biz Ideas Bplans Blog Branding Blog Brewed Fresh Daily Business Logs [...]

 

Does Business Imitate Sci-Fi?

Serial Entrpreneur: [During] the first quarter of 2003 Nokia chose to focus on its traditional “candy bar” mobile design; ignoring the emerging flip-top or clam shell style of phones that have since taken-off in Asia – Nokia subsequently lost market share to Motorola and Samsung. It is interesting to ponder how the clam-shell handsets, which [...]

 

Consultants Must Be Good For Something

Dave Bayless: “As a rule, entrepreneurs are pretty good at judging when and where to spend scarce dollars. Consequently, it is unlikely that an entire generation of entrepreneurs has been systematically duped by a consulting conspiracy. Entrepreneurs must, in fact, perceive that they are getting some value from consultants and other outside advisors.”