November 17, 2009
Heterogeneity Limits Mobile Marketing, Exec Says
Mobile devices are left out of the kind of word-of-mouth buzz that have been a boon on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace because applications don't work on all devices, reports PCWorld.com. Spea... More >
So Many Ways Startups Can Fail
In a presentation at the University of Washington, aQuantive co-founder Scott Lipsky said he had made a list of 721 reasons startups fail. However, he winnowed it down to 10 for his talk, reports ... More >
Forrester Report Details Spending on IT Services
New research by Forrester shows IT leaders keeping a tight grip on the budget , reports Network World. The report, "The State of Enterprise IT Services: 2009," involved surveying 900 IT exe... More >
November 13, 2009
Annual CEO Memo to Board Keeps Everyone Focused
In a piece on Harvard Business Publishing , Anthony Tjan of venture firm Cue Ball, advocates that in the final months of the year, every CEO should write a memo to the board reflecting on the past y... More >
November 6, 2009
Can Entrepreneurship be Taught?
In a BusinessWeek article, writer Reena Jana asks whether entrepreneurship can be taught , pointing to a survey on the topic commissioned by the Small Business Administration. Findings from... More >
November 3, 2009
Seinfeld Shows Enthusiasm for MacBook
Microsoft dropped its Jerry Seinfeld ads in, what, September? The ones with the comedian and Bill Gates shopping for shoes that Computerworld called " obtuse and difficult to understand ," remember?... More >
Microsoft, Ad Startup OpenX Team up
Microsoft and online advertising startup OpenX have announced a partnership to expand their reach to each other's customers, reports Reuters . No financial details were released. OpenX's tec... More >
November 2, 2009
R&D Spending Rose in 2008
A Booz & Co.annual survey shows budgets for research and development increased 5.7 percent in 2008 , a decline from the 10 percent increase of 2007, but an increase nevertheless given the lousy ... More >
