Startup Month: Week 3 -- Building The Team, Scaling The Business
Practical tools and personal stories from and about entrepreneurs.
Tom Post, Forbes StaffPractical tools and personal stories from and about entrepreneurs.
Tom Post, Forbes StaffKenneth Roman is the former Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and author of several books, most recently “The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising.” He's also the co-author of two business classics, “How to Advertise” and “Writing That Works” (a guide to business writing.) At Ogilvy, he worked directly with David Ogilvy for 26 years, beginning as an account executive and rising up to eventually become Chairman and CEO. In this interview, he talks[...] read »
Chinese companies have yet to gain the respect of institutional investors. That’s the finding of a just released Barron’s survey of the World’s Most Respected Companies. The top of the list is filled mostly with American companies like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), IBM (NYSE:IBM), McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD), Amazon.com (NYSE:AMZN), and Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT); and Japanese companies like Toyota (NYSE:TM) and Honda (NYSE: HMC). Only three Chinese companies, China Mobile (NYSE:CHL), CNOOC (NYSE:CEO), and China Construction[...] read »
When you've got a great idea - the hope is that it will just 'catch fire' and that word of mouth will drive your success. Investors, board members, even friends and family seem to expect that the market will simply beat a path to your door. And for certain kinds of social apps with easy and powerful recommendation mechanisms, that's possible. read »
The ceremony Friday at which Tesla delivered the first Model S cars had all the trappings of a typical auto company pep rally, save for an actual marching band. But as I watched the Model S roll out the door, it struck me what a survivor its factory has become. read »
The reality of today’s funding environment for digital health entrepreneurs is that it’s traditional tech investors who have the lion’s share of the money, while most long-time healthcare investors are on the ropes, contending with fleeing LPs and at least the perception of disappointing returns. read »
I am finishing up a year with Forbes.com this week and I take note that my 319 posts have 1,389 comments associated with them. Forbes.com contributors have immense power over comments. We can "call them out" or delete them. If we don't call them out, they are actually not that noticeable. One thing that some of my fellow contributors do that drives me a little crazy is respond to comments that they have not called out. Comments by contributors are automatically called out. At any rate, I call out[...] read »
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