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Five Key Reasons Why Newspapers Are Failing
Bill Wyman wrote a wordy, erudite and brilliant two-piece article at splicetoday.com entitled Five Key Reasons Why Newspapers Are Failing (and part 2). While I haven’t blamed editors and journalists in my post Business Model for News, I do agree with Bill’s assessment of their culpability. Bill’s piece has received some play and is well…
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Business Model for News
Rupert Murdoch has created a stir with his intent to charge for content. Dave Earley wrote a great piece at Earley Edition explaining how it won’t save news media’s business model. What is the core business of news media? They are not in the business of “reporting the news”. News media’s business is to aggregate…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-08-15
add to your entrepreneur watchlist Richard Uechtritz CEO of retailer JB Hi-Fi $JBH:ASX http://is.gd/2hmfr # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-08-14
RT @mktbot From 10 Aug $CXN:ASX ConnXion Limited is $CXN:ASX ConnXion Ventures Limited http://is.gd/2gBot # RT @mktbot From 12 Aug $ETC:ASX Entertainment Media # RT @mktbot From 12 Aug $ETC:ASX Entertainment Media & Telecoms Corp.Ltd is $NBS:ASX Nexbis Limited http://is.gd/2gB5m # RT @mktbot As of 14 Aug $GLI:ASX GoldLink IncomePlus Limited is now $BIV:ASX Blue…
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Strategic Mergers and Acquisitions for Fast Growth Firms
I’m working on a “How To” series on Strategic Mergers and Acquisitions for Fast Growth Firms. It covers the tools, skills and processes needed by firms pursuing acquisitions as a tempting path to growth. This is an audio presentation accompanied by detailed notes, checklists and templates. Strategic Mergers and Acquisitions for Fast Growth Firms, Series…
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Sydney Roller Derby League
One of the world’s fastest-growing sports is making a comeback in the university gyms and school halls of inner-city Sydney. All-girl, flat-track roller derby revival is a punk, post-feminist, grrl power, contact sport with an emphasis on skill and safety. The competitors names reflect their on-track personalities like Miss Biff, Trippy Longstockings, Aprilla the Hun,…
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Telstra and the National Broadband Network
IF you believe mainstream media, Sol Trujillo is the most unpopular man in Australia and Telstra is the most unpopular company [full disclosure: I am the beneficiary of a Telstra shareholding]. I don’t think I’ve ever forgiven Telstra for its monopolistic behaviour back when it was Telecom and I didn’t have a choice of carriers.…
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Culture of Secrecy
How can companies still think what they do is top secret. Note I’m not talking about intelligence, research or military organizations here. I mean general competitive businesses in a competitive marketplace. How many of the projects we’ve been sworn to keep secret really needed or benefited from that? How many top secret projects failed to…