Mini business vs. mega business
With the Long Tail redefining business and opening opportunities for small business growth, it is easy to forget what happens at the other end of the scale. With Google announcing that they have 550,000 activations of their cell phone operating system Android, per day, I almost fell of my chair. And that number is up from 500,000 per day just a month ago. If it is possible to keep growing like this, they will be at over a million activations per day in six months. And still, the sum of all business in the long tail is still greater than all the mega businesses...
read moreWhy you should own your online infrastructure!
Do you put all your online efforts into one egg basket? On occasion I work with business owners who put all their online efforts onto someone else’s infrastructure. They will always hear me argue that they need to stay in control of their assets! There is no doubt that it is compelling to build out your presence on a rich platform, be it eBay, Amazon, Facebook, WordPress.com or any other platform. However you need to consider the risks… Today’s example came from an unexpected direction; Hotmail decided to change my interface into Turkish. The problem is that I don’t speak a word...
read moreThird article of the three-part interview series with Rod Brooks
I found that to be true in my personal and professional life, where the news that I’m most interested in somehow either hits me in a newsfeed on Facebook, shows up on LinkedIn, or someone contacts me about something I might be interested in. So I don’t really manage the torrent of information, I make myself available to it and I try to catch what I can. Rod Brooks commenting on how he manages information overload, by not managing it at all. Read the full third article here. If you would like to start from the beginning, start with the first article...
read moreThe Value of Networking at Conferences
After 13 years in the big corporate world building software partnerships I have learned that the single most appreciated feature of any conference, event or meeting, is the opportunity to meet peers and to network. When I ask what people like about conferences the answer I get goes something like this “I came here to learn about the latest technologies, but the real value of the conference is the opportunity to meet with others…”. However, how many events have you been to where you didn’t make any really important contacts even though you met a lot of people at the cocktail reception, over...
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