Notes from the 2010 Pacific Crest Technology Conference (Part 1)
I was on the road for almost two weeks.During the early part of last week I was in Vail to attend Pacific Crest’s annual technology conference.I’ll consolidate my notes around three topics of personal and investment interest that were covered in the conference: SaaS, online advertising and future technology trends.This week I’ll cover SaaS and [...]
Location, Location, Location
A few days ago I was walking down an otherwise uninteresting street and I see this sign soliciting investment. Nothing out of the ordinary but the “don’t ask me…” warning was a little odd, as well as the NDA before the person will tell you anything about it… but no, the most interesting aspect of [...]
Nomination Season Begins! Who will be Internal Evangelist of the Year 2010?
Photo credit: Alex Dunne It’s that time again. Last year was our inaugural celebration awarding a Council member, “Internal Evangelist of the Year.” (#IEoY09) We created this award to recognize an individual who has gone above and beyond the #dayjob requirements and truly has been an inspiration for the company leading a radical (and most [...]
IDC offers an impartial social business framework
Most organizations are rife with information silos and internecine warfare, all of which leads to screwed-up projects. Social business software can help.
Compliance Watch: Cracking Down on the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and Suppliers
There are certain times even ardent libertarians would agree that a bit of government intervention is probably not such a bad thing. Such is the case when it comes to maintaining the integrity of the pharmaceutical supply chain. U…
Contingent Staffing and the Economy: Do Regulatory Smoke Signals Suggest Trouble? (Part 3)
In the first two posts in this series (Part 1 and Part 2), we examined some of the trends highlighting the movement to contingent workforces as well as how the current state of the economy ties to just that — not to mention some …
