Monthly Archives: January 2009
Books and Beyond
Marketing in school resembles a bit to math. Counting the number of positive answers to the question “would you buy this if” and you’re ready to go. It is exactly this that distinguishes good from bad management, because the best … Continue reading
CV2.0: A new way of CV-ing
When we look objectively at CV’s we can only conclude that it is a very superficial way of presenting yourself that has to much value attached to it. What is wierd is that with all of the technological means we … Continue reading
Intelligent Banking
I’m not sure if it is the lack of creativity or if companies think that they have something to gain from not advancing. The music industry that I wrote about earlier is not the only one. Ever heard of mint … Continue reading
Music opportunities
Music producers do not miss out on any opportunity to complain about “illegal” downloading. It seems to be the oldest marketing mistake in the book: confusing an opportunity with an threat. What they do is count the number of downloads, … Continue reading
Customer service… Finally
In a not so distant past customer service by phone was every consumers worse nightmare. A continuous process of being patched through to more and more impolite people that didn’t seem to have any intention of helping you. It seemed … Continue reading
The Manager and the Engineer
A friend of mine sent me this small story which is not only very funny but also points out the obviousness of communication problems between some fields. Either way I had to share with you: A man in a hot … Continue reading
Innovative company creation from France
France isn’t exactly known for it’s innovative attitude towards business. It is mostly seen as a country where paperwork and pride of traditions keep it from making significant progress. However even the biggest France critics will have to admit that … Continue reading
Welcome in 2009!!!
Aaaaah, welcome to the year 2009, the year we should all fear. The year in which we will all go from a state in which we were so rich that we had to buy psychotherapy for our dogs to get … Continue reading