Posts filed under “Business”
Understanding Customer Needs (via WSJ)
There’s a really interesting article in the WSJ this morning about really walking a mile in your customer’s shoes. Or, in this case, viewing a scene through his glasses. Mr. Sato is head of advertising and investor relations at Japanese eyeglasses retailer Meganesuper Co., which requires employees to wear glasses at work. “I change them [...]
Great Post on What's Next (via Brad Burnham, Union Square Ventures)
Brad Burnham has a great post (which I found via Fred Wilson’s blog) about what’s coming next in the inevitable progression of the computer industry. He argues that we’re in a world where we no longer care about hardware or software but rather we care about data (Think Facebook, Craigslist). After data, he suggests that [...]
I wonder how the LPs feel (via Mattishness)
I have the good fortune of working with Matt Johnson at Judy’s Book. Matt is insightful and absolutely bloody hilarious. If you’re in the mood to be entertained while you’re being educated, run, don’t walk to his blog. He has a post up there today about some pictures on a VC website. The partners are [...]
Are you reading Buffett's Shareholder Letter? You should be
Here’s Warren Buffett on the type of acquisition candidate he’s looking for: We continue, however, to need ‚Äúelephants‚Äù in order for us to use Berkshire‚Äôs flood of incoming cash. Charlie and I must therefore ignore the pursuit of mice and focus our acquisition efforts on much bigger game. Our exemplar is the older man who [...]
NPR Interview with Bob Iger (Disney CEO)
On my drive (mercifully short) back from work, I heard a great interview with Bob Iger (CEO of Disney) on NPR. In it, he talked about the power shift from content producers and distributors to consumers of content. He said that at Disney, they were focused on the user experience and on using digital technology [...]
Content Links from Amazon
I just got a note from Amazon with the following information in it: Context Links are a quick and convenient way to add links to your website and monetize your content. Context Links automatically identify and link relevant phrases within your page content to Amazon products, unlocking new ad inventory and saving you the time [...]
Music Label for Videogames (via WSJ)
The WSJ has an interesting article this morning (username/pw required) about¬† EA forming a music label to sign artists for video game soundtracks. I don’t know much about this field, but this is fascinating. the green hornet film divx Although Artwerk is not focusing exclusively on music for videogames, the first signed artist is Junkie [...]
Best and Worst Decisions (via Startupping)
Great post on Startupping in which entrepreneurs are asked about their best and worst decisions. Some that stayed with me: Ross Mayfield РBiggest Mistake — Not taking bigger risks earlier. Maybe because in hindsight all risks are clear, but I always find myself regretting not taking bigger risks earlier. For example, open sourcing the [...]
How Amazon Does A/B Testing (via the Winery Web Site Report et al.)
One of Brad’s posts led me to The Winery Website Report Blog which so far has been fantastic. The initial post was about “failing to address a point of pain” in talking about the ‘hiatus’ of the Winery Report. It led me to a post titled “What should you put on your home page?” In [...]
Feedburner Rocks (Great Customer Service)
Since I started blogging, I’ve been using Feedburner’s tools to manage my feed and to check on site stats etc. It’s a fantastic service and I find myself logging in every day to see how things are going. Over the past couple of days, I noticed that clicking through on certain links in the Site [...]