August 14th can’t come fast enough: Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. It Might Get Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each developed
Read More...Catherine Powell: I don’t care how good you are at programming, finding bugs, whatever. If you’re rude, or if you speak poorly to people who don’t understand your… quirks…. you will wind up being shunted to the side. No one wants to work with someone who makes them feel beat down all the time, or
Read More...I’ll begin with Bud Caddell’s smart Venn diagram illustrating how to be happy in business: …to which Caddell appends the following: Over the years, I’ve found myself facing the following scenarios. (and I’ve added my two cents on how to move forward) We can’t determine how to make enough money from the things we want
Read More...Vinnie Mirchandani has some interesting ideas about how ERP vendors could be truly disruptive and create thriving, adjunct markets around the concept of sustainability. There’s a truism underpinning Mirchandani’s post, which I have mirrored in its entirety below. The truism is that sustainability and energy science is one of the emerging, global, multi-billion dollar industries
Read More...I keep going back to Robert Scoble’s essay about what businesses can learn from Zappos, especially from management, ethics and culture standpoints. Scoble was lucky enough to spend some time inside the company, including a good discussion with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. This admittedly long post will eventually lead to what gives a company its
Read More...“We can afford to lose money. We can afford to lose a lot of money. But we cannot afford to lose one shred of our reputation. Make sure everything you do can be reported on the front page of your local newspaper written by an unfriendly, but intelligent reporter.” – Warren Buffett
Read More...AdAge has a smart piece in which Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson tells companies not to buy media but “earn” it: As a venture capitalist, Mr. Wilson said, he’s funding companies that address the new marketing paradigm, from earned-media platforms such as Twitter and social video site Boxee to next-generation ad agencies such as Federated Media
Read More...Today’s results- Per usual, previous voting data can be found on MiPro Unfiltered’s main page. (Scroll down through the posts.) One more day to go!
Read More...Probably the most important bit of information, so I’ll just throw it out there: today is the last day of voting. Voting will officially close at 5 PM EST. If you haven’t voted for your favorite charity, now is the time to do it. The winning charity or charities will be announced in one week,
Read More...Today’s update: Per usual, previous voting data can be found on MiPro Unfiltered’s main page. (Scroll down through the posts.) Update: there won’t be an update until either Sunday night or Monday morning. Bottom line: keep the votes coming.
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