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I had a series of posts in June asking the simple question, who’s bigger, Salesforce.com or GM? (I, II, III, IV)
The series concludes here, indicating that Salesforce.com’s market capitalization remained slightly behind that of General Motors. At least this was true on June 4th.
Well, some things have changed. Most who are interested in economic issues [...]
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Cognitive dissonance is among my favorite topics in the field of psychology. Why? I think this relates to two things: It is very simple to understand, and it is extremely powerful.
Cognitive dissonance describes the stress that develops when we hold two ideas that are inconsistent. The theory of cognitive dissonance purports that we all have a fundamental drive to reduce [...]
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Maybe it’s my penchant for financial analysis, but I was particularly drawn to Jeff Gannon recent post, Alternatives to Expansion in Today’s Economy.
Jeff lays out two scenarios for a hypothetical enterprise to increase earnings by 22%.
Build 11 new stores - Upfront cost $9.4 million - Annualized profit $1.1 million
Implement a video solution - Upfront cost [...]
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IP Video Market Info released a search engine designed specifically for the video surveillance professional.
John Honovich, founder of IP Video Market Info and frequent commenter to this blog, describes the new optimized search engine in this press release.
Let’s hope that word spreads and the search engine is successful!
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Phil Wainewright has an interesting post on the progress being made with SaaS enterprise-grade ”mashups”.
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, in technology a mashup is a combination of data from several different sources provided to the user through one integrated tool. This is not a new concept. But its development in [...]
In a previous post, I stressed the importance that leaders act decisively, often with imperfect or incomplete information. This is an imperative, and is not going away.
Still, smart business people desire the best information available at the time, so as to help them formulate the optimal course of action. Operating on “hunches” or “gut” alone is not a recipe for [...]
Sandi Mays of Zayo has a series of recent posts on leadership (A leadership lesson from Dan Caruso, A paycheck player, and Identify a great leader with this tool). There are important lessons and reminders in the posts, so it is well worth the read.
Another slant on the topic of leadership is the recognition of [...]
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My colleagues will attest to the fact that I do not have a green thumb. My recent performance in caring for an orchid that was sent to us by our banking partner, Square 1 Bank, leaves no doubt. The flower passed shortly after the July 4th weekend. My public stance was to blame [...]
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If you sample lists of numbers from many real-life sources of data, what is the probability that the leading non-zero digit from any of the numbers is 1?
Logic would suggest that the answer to be 1 divided by 9, or 11.1%. But it’s not.
Rather it is an astonishing 30.1%!
This doesn’t sound right, but it is. Based on [...]
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In a recent study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), venture capitalists invested over $7.4 billion in the second quarter. This is on par with the $7.5 billion invested during the first quarter, and continues a general and steady upward trend since 2002.
“The relatively stable level of venture investment this [...]
