links for 2006-09-27
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Next up, ITT Tech Field.
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Case study in how even tiny perceptions of losing face can have disastrous repercussions in open source. The end result makes everyone worse off.
September 26th, 2006
Archive for September, 2006
links for 2006-09-25
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Note: If your CEO has peculiar habits, it’s okay to leave out the details to billion-dollar investors.
September 24th, 2006
links for 2006-09-16
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For all the gems Michelle uncovers, the volume on this one is hilarious. Meritocracy my ass.
September 15th, 2006
links for 2006-09-14
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They gotta try something.
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Technically they’re not “free,” since you have to spend time and energy to download and convert to mp3, but these tracks are some of the best free music you can find on the web.
September 13th, 2006
Analogies
For a recent homework assignment in Small Business Finance, I had a chance to review the annual report and stock price of Eastman Kodak. I usually don’t follow public companies, so this was a chance to see what other people had been talking about: that EK should be shorted, big time. Turns out they are right: the company lost money this year due to a strategic mis-step. Apparently, last year EK decided to abandon the sub-$100 category of cameras to focus on more premium models, and thus allow for bigger margins.
It is with a tinge of irony that I read this 37signals post on cameras that you actually carry. I do love 37s products (Basecamp) but they may want to avoid this specific analogy, as the company they keep isn’t that flattering. As it turns out, Kodak has been waving around a similarly-themed study that shows people choose cameras based on location (in other words, they use their expensive digital when conditions are nice, but resort to the disposable if they’re at the beach or rafting). Only instead of advertising practical software, EK has been using it to show investors there’s huge growth potential in the disposable camera market. Err, really? So that strategic shift doesn’t say otherwise?
Not a good time to be Kodak management.
September 12th, 2006
links for 2006-09-12
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As a self-professed pedant of speech and the victim of an overbearing english teacher, I LOVE this site.
September 11th, 2006
Entrepreneurial dreams
Long since overdue notice:
I’m now the President of the Texas Evening Entrepreneurs. This is a student-focused entrepreneurial organization that currently boats 40 members of the Texas Evening MBA Program. Got lots of ideas and am excited for the chance to implement them.
And just to make sure I get my entrepreneurial fix, I also enrolled in a Small Business Finance course taught by Jim Nolen, one of the most popular and recognized instructors at McCombs. He is beyond awesome, in spite of the 1300-page (!) course pack he assigned the class. So, that’s going to be fun.
I look forward to daylight in 5 months. Until then!
September 6th, 2006
links for 2006-09-03
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Article referenced by Dr. Anesh Barua, who’s teaching the IT Management elective at McCombs. Not surprising that Stanford really stands out here.
September 2nd, 2006
