Nice infographic on where small businesses spend money from American Express OPEN Forum. It's the people. You want to make money you have to manage your salary expense. No two ways about it. http://www.openforum.com/articles/infographic-how-small-businesses-spend-their-money
Continue reading →I get the question every week, perhaps at least once a day. "What do you think of the Groupon IPO? That's good for you guys, right?" To which I reply a hearty "maybe." For those of you that have no idea what I am talking about Groupon, the biggest competitor to Half Off Depot where […]
Continue reading →When I joined Half Off Depot back in May I started looking around for a competitive target. Not the 800 pound gorilla Groupon LivingSocial type of competitive target. A smaller yet significant company that we could set our sights on. That company was BuyWithMe. As best as I could tell BuyWithMe was the number three […]
Continue reading →This article by Henry Blodget for Business Insider and the below chart got me thinking about the smartphone market. Some quick thoughts. All the leading smartphones have been integrated software/hardware solutions. Blackberry/Treo/iPhone. The PC model does not work in the smartphone market. That Android OS bar is going to get a lot more orange. Apple will […]
Continue reading →Over on the Groupon blog Groupon the Cat is creating quite the ruckus. It seems like Mr. Cat wrote a little blog post about "The Groupon Guide to the "Quiet Period." In it Mr. Cats states: The “Quiet Period” is the time right before a company “goes public,” during which it is legally prohibited from […]
Continue reading →Depending on who you ask Rachel Sequoia gives either the greatest or worst pre-launch startup pitch ever. Either way you have to listen to her. It’s an engaging pitch for a ridiculous concept And yes it’s been revealed as a prank.
Continue reading →Pretty much shows why a consumer end user Internet play requires a very large user base. Courtesy of Chart Of The Day.
Continue reading →Two weeks ago I was asked by The Atlanta Business Chronicle to identify tech trends in Atlanta in 2011. I provided six. The first one is below. 1. Liquidity events return. A few companies could see significant exits via acquisitions or IPOs (Silverpop, SecureWorks, Vendormate) Many smaller firms will be acquired by larger corporations looking […]
Continue reading →So I was standing next to this friend of mine the other night when he casually mentioned that he might be joining the board of Barnes & Noble. My first reaction. Dude, the Nook has no chance. No one talks about the Nook. No one uses the Nook. I sit in a Barnes & Noble […]
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