Before joining me on this short trip to far outville, let’s begin at the best question not to ask yourself before skydiving. (more…)
Tag: corporate culture
Offer several products and you’re a salesmen, sell an impossible dream and you’re a visionary
Companies Die without Enduring Corporate Kernels
Ego is Insufficient
With the way media celebrates and demonizes pop company leadership, the message implied is that the CEO or founders are the core of a business. But I’m writing today because this is incorrect. A handful of energetic voices are an inadequate foundation for a lasting business. Nor is the core of a business it’s technology staff or creative talent. The vital kernel of any nascent business is purpose. One mega ego or even a few large egos may be present at company formation, but without a mission to drive them forward, to bind them together, and attract new talent they will drift apart, or at best develop a transient business*.
Netflix Designs for a Darwinian Corporate Culture
Connect Islands of Value, then Get Out of the Way
Thinking over market forces and what direction aggregate need is pushing business opportunity
Cutting ties with my old friend Microsoft
For over twenty years I’ve relied on Microsoft products and services for my home computing. But for web development (the only type that really matters to me) Windows is more of a hindrance than a utility. Many libraries and unique tools are not even developed for windows. Last night I did a full install of Ubuntu 9.1. I’m sure I’ll continue to dabble with Microsoft products through WINE. My life partner Michelle also switched over to an iMac yesterday (from an xp trojan laden laptop) and the setup experience was very smooth, minus an iPhone wiping glitch *shakes fist at iTunes*.
Apple & AT&T are Pulling a Thelma & Louise
There they go! But at least they’re happy.
(pardon a little geek rage but I find nothing more frustrating then when company’s make boneheaded business decisions)
A Mock Business Strategy Meeting Between Apple and AT&T
Apple: “Hey we’ve got an ultra dedicated fanbase that does our marketing because they love our technology and products so much.”
AT&T: “We’re a big telecommunications company that has wireless internet.”
Apple: “So what?”
AT&T: “We’ll cut you in for some of the money if you lock us in as the sole provider of wireless Internet access.”
Apple: “We have this App Store concept where we’re the sole provider of approval for software so that philosophy sounds great.”
AT&T: “It’s a win win!”
Users: “WTF! Where do our needs fit in?”
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Zappos is Dead?
I took some liberties with one of Robert Scoble’s picturesThe Importance of Corporate Culture
Zappos Knows Corporate Culture
How Important is Culture to a Company?
The culture of a company is the quintessential representation of it’s style. An organization’s body and life blood is it’s most important asset, it’s people. Any group’s culture can be characterized by a selection of the following traits they share: (more…)