bplanGURU
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Weeding out problem customers
Decent Marketing has a great post today referencing some stupid comments that the CEO of Best Buy made to the AP (and reported in the Houston Chronicle).
Decent Marketing: Those Pesky Customers
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Ben and Jerry set a new standard
A philosophy of helping: Ben and Jerry's founders have cut a different path
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Profits with Principles
This book looks like a good read- I'm going to pick it up and add it to my already large summer reading list. Profits with Principles appears to be a good companion to What Matters Most.
Profits with Principles - Seven Strategies for Delivering Value with Values by Ira A. Jackson and Jane Nelson
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Are female entrepreneurs different than their male counterparts?
Warrillow shares some interesting findings.
Warrillow & Co.
Monday, July 05, 2004
The Micro-Multinational
Wired has a short essay on micro-multinationals- start-ups that have offshore workers.
The essay makes a point re: off-shoring that I think gets missed in a lot of the gloom and doom articles on the topic- that is, offshoring allows a company to spend resources, labor and capital, in the most efficient manner possible- and while this can have some real short-term, and painful, consequences for displaced workers, the net effect can be a gain in employment.
From the essay, "Outsourcing is change. As ever, change will be harrowing for a few; there will be "dislocations," to use the jargon of labor economists. Some people will be too old, too inflexible, or otherwise unable to find new work. But most Americans can relax. Cheap overseas labor means more jobs in the US, not fewer. And working for a company that's both global and small might just be the best of both worlds."
Wired 12.07: VIEW
Women and VC
Here's an interesting article about women and VC funding. Women own nearly half of all privately held companies in the US but receive only 4% of VC investments. A big part of the lack of VC involvement has to do with the fact that women are more likely to start service businesses than they are to start high-tech ventures- which is where most of the VC money goes.
WCCO: Venture Capital Money Low For Women-Led Firms
