Like a Virgin
It’s a slow week with lots of people on vacation. I am on a plane heading to San Francisco to shoot a video with Zuora but judging by the number of screaming children under five on the plane I would say that I am in the minority on this one. No matter, they’re cute and [...]
The Walmart Inflation Test (Part 1)
For all you CPG and food companies in the audience (not to mention manufacturers), it should be no surprise that many producers are beginning to pass along the impacts of commodity price inflation, longer lead-times and in certain…
Wealth Gap
My friend Meryl sent me this and asked for comment… rather than send her 40 tweets I thought a blog post was in order. The basic thesis of the Business Insider piece is that the gap between rich and poor has widened. By the way, the world isn’t flat either… Here’s my problem with this [...]
Currency Devaluation: First Venezuela; Next, China?
Venezuela, the most recent former democracy to fall into the hands of
a truly kooky dictator with nationalist ambitions, recently devalued the bolivar in an attempt to shore up its challenged currency. A recent Reuters wire story captured the esse…
