Branson’s Learning Curve, Virgin Earth Challenge Part 2
This is the second in a four part series on the Virgin Earth Challenge (VEC) proposed by Richard Branson. Parts are excerpted from “The Age of Sustainability.” The Prize Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore at the VEC announcement. Some of the finalist ideas submitted in Richard Branson’s VEC, while interesting, do not appear to […]
Branson’s Learning Curve, Virgin Earth Challenge
This is the first of four posts in a series. Some Virgin companies Richard Branson is a self-described business newbie, a virgin, which reflects two things about him. First, he is often the first person into a category where there are no role models. Second, this means he typically improvises until he has a solution […]
Enterprise startups: Richard Branson’s expansive and practical advice
I talk with many enterprise startups who want advice or a write-up here. Virtually all these entrepreneurs radiate passion and enthusiasm for their product, company, and prospects for success. Unfortunately, too many of these companies do not possess a vision that is simultaneously expansive and intensely practical. With this in mind, I read with great interest […]
Apres Dreamforce
It’s over, Dreamforce that is, and I have gotten some needed sleep on the flight back to Boston. As I contemplate Dreamforce 2012 and its meaning I have three observations. First, it was what I expected it to be. If you refer back to my post just before the show opened my expectations were more […]
Inception-Force
I had a stunning couple of days at the Dreamforce event. Gorgeous weather, amazing San Francisco sights, lovely company as I wrote here. And picked up all kinds of interesting angles from the event: David Cush, CEO of Virgin America, reached out to a member of his IT staff in the audience while he fumbled […]
Dreamforce Previews
My sources tell me that Salesforce.com will be handling its major Dreamforce announcements differently this year. Rather than letting us drinking from a fire hose at the event, they promise to tell us much of their news before hand so that they can spend the keynotes (I assume) drilling down into more of the substance […]
Sustainable SAP
I attended SAP’s Sapphire Now conference in Orlando earlier this week along with around 12,000 others. It was a very interesting few days of talks, meetings, and showcases. SAP’s commitment to Sustainability was evident throughout the event. The two keynote speakers invited by SAP were Al Gore and Richard Branson, for example – both of […]
SAPPHIRE NOW 2010
I’ve been a bit quiet lately in regards to the day job, many know I have switched roles inside of SAP but I’ve not really gone into great detail about what it is that I am doing these days. So I thought I would take a moment to kick things off with what I will […]
