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The Freelance Economy
No comments · Posted by Gabriel Goldenberg in Business Thinking, Freelance, Startups
A great article from Forbes on the emerging freelance economy:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/1116/careers-lisa-steinberg-labor-statistics-freelance-economy.html
This is nothing new to freelancers and companies that use their services and have been taking advantage of the Internet to come together to create a new type of labor market for years. Thomas Friedman described just such a phenomenon emerging in 2005 in his book The World Is [...]
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MetroPCS Strategy
No comments · Posted by Gabriel Goldenberg in Business Thinking, Startups, Technology
Great Forbes article on MetroPCS strategy. Briefly, Roger Linquist (MetroPCS CEO) is positioning his company to be a cost leader in the area of digital voice transmission. He wants to commoditize cellular phone service squeezing the margins of his competitors and positioning his company to take advantage of increased consumer demand for cheaper cell phone service.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/1116/technology-mobile-4G-telephony-metropcs.html
cellphone · MetroPCS · Mobile phone · Science and Technology · Telecommunications · Voice over Internet Protocol · Wireless
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Uncovering Steve Jobs’ Presentation Secrets – BusinessWeek
No comments · Posted by Gabriel Goldenberg in Business Thinking, Startups, Uncategorized
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Businessweek ran a great article on some of Steve Jobs‘ presentation tactics. While presenting like Steve Jobs will not turn your company into Apple, these tips will definitely help any entrepreneur or sales person make more effective presentations.
Uncovering Steve Jobs’ Presentation Secrets – BusinessWeek.
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Applied Business Analytics
No comments · Posted by Gabriel Goldenberg in Startups, Technology
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The trend in large businesses over the past few years has been a greater push for better business analytics. One needs to look no further than at the growth of SAS and at IBM’s latest advertising push. Businesses want solid data upon which to make decisions!
Business analytics is the practice of collecting and [...]
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