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Who Gets “It”?: Salesforce.com Does

Alder Crocker — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:00:06 -0400

On the Internet, your process is your brand. Have a good process, and people will keep coming back to buy, read, interact. Have a bad process, and you need to re-think your business or communications goals. Amazon, eBay, GE, iTunes, The New York Times, Google, epicurious.com, all have time-proven advantages over their competitors.

But one of the primary keys to a finely calibrated brand is consistency of message.

Applaud: Congratulations, Graduates!

Kate Rockwood — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:31 -0400

Michael R. Bloomberg
New York City mayor and Bloomberg founder
Doctor of Laws: University of Pennsylvania

Non-Honorary Degrees: BA in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins, MBA from Harvard

Qualifications: He built a huge media business, then brought his pragmatism to City Hall. But maybe he should be a Doctor of Interior Design: He also introduced a now-much-copied open-floor office plan similar to the one used at Bloomberg.

Dell is in Trouble

Outervillage Outervillage — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:45:33 -0400

Dell may soon go the way of the Dodo bird. All the signs are there. Some of their recent announcements are setting off warning signals.

These include:
1) Announcements of additional job cuts (5,600 more jobs in addition to the 3,200 already announced).