Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:35 GMT
When Forbes first asked me to contribute, they told me they wanted insight and opinions from the inside of a high-tech, high-growth company. What’s it really like to be in the throws of it all? I’ve told a few stories, shared a few opinions. But for my next few articles, I’ll be taking a slightly different angle...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffready/2012/05/16/on-the-inside-of-big-innovation/
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Facebook -- expected to launch its IPO this week -- is speculated to have a valuation of $96 billion. With the company earning $200 million in their last quarter or $800 annualized, this means their valuation is more than 100 times their earnings. When Facebook acquired Instagram, the numbers raised some eyebrows -- but what many failed to notice was that most of the acquisition price that Facebook paid for Instagram was actually in Facebook stock. According to an S-1 filing, the company is paying $300 million in cash, and the rest in stock. Therefore, the real risk to Facebook is small, relative to the amount of users and the valuable photo platform gained...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2012/05/16/lessons-in-lead-valuation-from-facebooks-acquisition-strategy/
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Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012 19:19:03 GMT
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As Google and Microsoft plan to make the search experience better for consumers, small business will benefit. Some call it a search engine war. It is more like a search engine extravaganza. Read on. Google calls its new work the “Knowledge Graph” perhaps similar to Facebook’s Social Graph, but Google wants to inventory the 3.5 billion connections between the millions of “things” on the web and in the real world. Microsoft’s Bing rolled out its Social Search on May 15...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/05/16/google-and-bing-search-engines-get-smarter-more-social/
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Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012 18:12:11 GMT
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Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012 17:38:51 GMT
Mitt Romney really muffed a chance to appear Presidential, evince noblesse oblige, and exude the kind of energizing power Americans are hungering for, when he responded to the Washington Post’s exposé alleging he was a bully in high school. Whether the Post story is gospel or garbage doesn’t concern me: I feel that if the Democrats forgave Ted Kennedy for killing Mary Jo Kopechne in the waters off Chappaquiddick Island when he was an adult, Republicans should forgive Romney for victimizing a classmate (who survived the incident) as a teenager...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenberglas/2012/05/16/an-apology-should-help-you-soar-with-eagles-never-leave-you-eating-crow/
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In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in December 2010, customer Claimant Najdzin asserted damages arising from breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, omission of facts and unsuitability in connection with his purchase of various Blackrock and Eaton Vance auction rate securities (“ARS”). Claimant sought Claimant $125,000.00 in compensatory damages; $500,000 in punitive damages, plus interest attorneys’ fees, and costs. In the Matter of the FINRA Arbitration Between Louis Najdzin, Claimant, vs. E*Trade Securities LLC, E*Trade Financial Corporation, and William John Velthaus, Respondents (FINRA Arbitration 10-05584, May 10, 2012)...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/billsinger/2012/05/16/etrade-settles-auction-rate-securities-case-but-the-product-keeps-on-giving-grief/
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Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012 16:24:21 GMT
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Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:15 GMT
Facebook Ads are not working for GM (General Motors). So what. Those advertisements must be working for someone, somewhere or the internet juggernaut would not be on track for the much talked about Facebook IPO. Here’s the reality: Internet advertising, or any advertising, is a numbers game just like playing in a casino. If you play long enough, or at certain games, you’ll get a return on investment that keeps you coming back...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/05/16/facebook-ads-google-ads-gm-and-advertising-that-doesnt-work/
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Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:45 GMT
A good deal of the work we do with clients is focused on vision and strategy: helping senior teams get a clear sense of the future they want to create for their company, and then mapping out a plan - both strategic and tactical - for getting there. We have (if I do say so myself) an excellent framework for this, and generally speaking our clients end up with an accurate sense of their current state, an agreed-upon vision for the future, and a practical, doable plan for getting there...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/05/16/the-single-reason-most-strategic-plans-fail-spectacularly/
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