Howard Schultz, the charismatic Chairman of Starbucks (NasdaqGS: SBUX), returned to the role of CEO in January 2008 (Starbucks Press Release January 7, 2008). In subsequent communications, Mr. Schultz speaks of his “transformation agenda”. What were their perceived problems? The following five items are addressed in the press release, copied here verbatim: · Improving the current state of the [...]
Check out this link to a news story about some thugs who use ‘thong’ underwear as their disguise in a robbery. Their actions were filmed on video and have been shared with law enforcement. Thong bandits If this was filmed using MVaaS, which provides you the ability to save clips, what do you name the saved [...]
By now you’ve had ample time to find the market capitalization for both General Motors and Salesforce.com. Where you surprised? As of this morning, GM’s market capitalization is approximately $9.8 billion (GM analytics). Salesforce.com, by comparison, is $8.6 billion (Salesforce.com analytics). Note that since market cap. is based on the current share price, the values may [...]
I have now employed several measurement techniques to answer our question. But I am surely missing something important. Isn’t there a more appropriate measurement of enterprise size than those presented? Of course there is, and it is called market capitalization (Salute to Dan Caruso for answering correctly in the comments section). Calculated as the share price [...]
Yesterday I linked to two recent earnings releases, and asked the question – Who’s bigger? If you answered “it depends”, you were correct. It is not possible to answer this question without knowing the basis of comparison. Should the size of an enterprise be based on reveneues? How about profits? Total assets? Number of employees? In the [...]
On May 21, 2008, Saleforce.com released its fiscal first quarter results. A link to the news release is attached. http://www.salesforce.com/company/news-press/press-releases/2008/05/080521.jsp About three weeks prior, General Motors released its first quarter results. http://www.gm.com/corporate/investor_information/earnings/index.jsp Stating the obvious, these are two very different companies. Salesforce.com develops and markets on demand application services, which includes Software-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service solutions. General Motors, [...]
Have you given yesterday’s post some thought? What possible connection am I making between this film and managed video? Should parents have cameras installed in their children’s bedrooms, made viewable from their favorite restaurant? Should a public view monitor be made available to all babysitters so they can monitor the well-being of children in real-time? This is not what [...]
In the 1979 version of When a Stranger Calls, babysitter Jill Johnson (played to perfection by Carol Kane) is repeatedly called by a person whom she does not know. The caller, in a calm and deliberate manner, continues to ask her “Have you checked the children?” Obviously concerned by the harassment, Jill Johnson calls the [...]