Daily Archives: February 1, 2008

Yahoo! and Microsoft – A Personal Connection

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Yeah, yeah, by now you have the news. Microsoft wants to spend $44bn to buy Yahoo! Personally, I want this to happen.  Professionally, I think it will drive search, online media, and social networking to new vistas (hahahaha, good pun!). … Continue reading →

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Business and Innovation – Selection by Consequences

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One of the biggest misconceptions, or non-truths, in business is the idea that there is an agent of innovation.  There is no individual innovator, an innovative business, an innovative group that is the cause or source of innovation.  There is no agent … Continue reading →

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