Still thinking about the music business
2008 was the year that I finally realized what was happening to the music business. Whether it was talking to Fran Ten about how his emerging band West Indian Girl was trying to succeed in spite of the...
View ArticleFemale business guru alert
The members of our list of overlooked female business gurus continue to spread their important ideas: - Herminia Ibarra of INSEAD has published an article in the January Harvard Business Review (”Women...
View ArticleTen bucks
When I was a teenager, the stores in our town stayed open late on Thursday nights between Thanksgiving and Christmas. In 1978 I worked at one of the local hardware stores and I was on duty one of those...
View ArticleNFL’s Patriots use “Discovery-Driven Growth” formulas
Despite an overfull schedule and helping get the house prepared for our 8-yr-old’s first Communion next Sunday, I watched bits and pieces of the NFL Draft as it unfolded. It’s a fascinating spectacle...
View ArticleWilco lawsuit reveals some of how band economics work
If (like me) you’re interested in how the business of music works, there’s a fascinating peek into how bands divide up money illustrated in Jay Bennett’s lawsuit against Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, claiming...
View ArticleWhat your email addressing protocol says about your company
There are no standards for creating business email addresses, and so the formats chosen reveal a lot about the company behind them. Here’s an overview: Corporate Titans (or wannabes):...
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From the Mistake Bank: the players dissect the AOL-Time Warner failed merger,...
I’ve learned, after working on the Mistake Bank for the past several years, that the most powerful lessons can be learned years after a mistake is made. This is especially true with a colossal failure....
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In salute to… snack foods?
From time to time you read here about the great new technology things that are happening in Central PA, but I wanted to take a time out and salute an industry where we really kick ass – pretzels. Anne...
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