In our first book, The Entrepreneurial Mindset, we suggested that companies achieve focus by allocating time to projects across different levels of uncertainty. In reading the Business 2.0 of December, 2005, we discovered that one… Read more »
Archives for 2005
Email – marketbuster waiting to happen?
So here’s a marketbuster waiting for a solution: Email! Everybody knows that it can be a great benefit, but it also has major downsides. Reports Bary C. Sherman of the WhiteCollar Productivity Index (WPI) (from… Read more »
Email - marketbuster waiting to happen?
So here’s a marketbuster waiting for a solution: Email! Everybody knows that it can be a great benefit, but it also has major downsides. Reports Bary C. Sherman of the WhiteCollar Productivity Index (WPI) (from… Read more »
Epocrates sparks disruption in medicine
We’re watching the development of Epocrates, a service that lets physicians access drug data on hand held devices. In an industry that has been famously difficult to digitize, Epocrates has done it the old-fashioned way… Read more »
24 Hour fitness capitalizes on a dying segment
Wal-Mart, Target and other big-box retailers have spelt doom for a good many middle market grocery stores. Indeed, according to a recent Retail Forward study (quoted in Business 2.0 July 2005) more than 10,000 of… Read more »
talk about irrelevant attributes!
So you run a business that’s illegal in many places, and are prohibited from advertising. Not a problem. GoldenPalace.com, an Antigua-based gambling web site has made an art out of garnering publicity by pulling off… Read more »
Pesky packaging solution
In this season of impenetrable plastic packages, a wonderful invention has just come to my attention. Called OpenX, it’s a knife like device specifically developed to open those hard cases that enshrine just about everything… Read more »
Market Busters Authors in Japan
Professors Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan have returned from Japan where they led a senior level strategy seminar for JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation). Read more at Author’s Blog. Here are some pictures from… Read more »
MarketBusters—One of Best Business & Strategy Books 2005
Professors McGrath and MacMillan have received word that Market Busters has been listed on Best Business Books for 2005 in the category of Strategy. To read the complete list, Download file
MarketBusters—One of Best Business & Strategy Books 2005
Professors McGrath and MacMillan have received word that Market Busters has been listed on Best Business Books for 2005 in the category of Strategy. To read the complete list, Download file
Japan on the brink?
Am here in Japan with our good friend, Takeru Ohe, discussing the prospects for Japanese business. It seems although the stock market is up, savings rates are still very low. Change, however seems to be… Read more »
Holden Advisors recommends Market Busters
Dr. Reed Holden has put Market Busters on his Recommended Reading list. To read his comments, click here.