Welcome to the Bandwagon, Twitter

Welcome to the Bandwagon, Twitter

The bandwagon is about to get a little more crowded, kids. According to Neil Hughes, Twitter might be on the verge of ditching its differentiation: “Has Twitter Ditched 140 Character Limit to Crack Dark Social?” Why would they do such a thing? For two...
Death by Bureaucracy

Death by Bureaucracy

We seem to have another fledgling theme on our hands, kids. Less than three weeks after Ron Baker and I sounded the death knell for performance appraisals, Richard Moran offers a variation on the tune with this post: “Death to Performance Reviews!” Mr....
The Importance of Brand

The Importance of Brand

In the first college course I ever took, Introduction to Literature, the professor said something that remains with me always: “John Donne’s poetry rewards study.” And so it is with this article in Entrepreneur: “Why Building Your Business...
A Screw Loose

A Screw Loose

I was intrigued by a headline I read the other day: “The 3 Business Models That Matter for Connected Hardware Startups”. True to the headline, the article under the headline went on to list  … well … you know. I recognize the likelihood that I...
The Market Doesn’t Emote

The Market Doesn’t Emote

We need to get a grip of our knickers, kids. We’ve become accustomed to being taken care of. We’re conditioned to thinking of government as a benign parent, guiding us along our painless paths with a gentle, altruistic hand. And we’re inured to...