You know I taped the video because I have seen time after time, year after year business fail. They failed even after I gave them the tools to succeed. They failed even after they had an idea which had great potential. They failed even after they had a product or a service which addressed a real need. They failed, most of them, without really understanding why. Blaming, as they went down, lack of funds, lack of luck, lack of things which seemed practical, material and which, ultimately, they may have needed but which were not truly what broke them.
When it comes to great ideas I have had the privilege, in my professional life, to come across hundreds. One of the most poignant ones in terms of potential which came across my path was floated by a Texas entrepreneur...
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After months of speculation, rumours about a GPhone that would take on Apple’s iPhone and forum postings and blogosphere posts Google has made public its plans to bid in an upcoming Federal wireless spectrum auction. Technicalities aside...
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Google’s hegemony in the online search game is not just the result of the search engine giant doing everything right but also its competitors doing everything wrong. Yahoo! were the inventors, pretty much, of the technology Google...
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SEO, social media and online marketing tips are just so much hogwash if they fail to do the thing they are supposed to do first: help you make money. The reason you work online is because you are running a...
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Just last week Google looked certain to buy Groupon in a deal which made sense. What no accounted for, of course, was Groupon saying ‘no’ to $6 billion. So far, the week began with a deal which looks set to...
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Just twelve months ago it would have been inconceivable to talk about search engine marketing (SEM) and think it would be possible to do so without talking only about Google. Sure you might have been able to discuss Blekko and...
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