When Mohsen Shahini came home to his Waterloo apartment one day in March 2009, he found a small company working out of his living room. Roommate Mike Silagadze had suddenly quit his job as a researcher at a local analytics company and set up operations, interns and all, for Top [...]
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In my last column I discussed how running regularly can help you as a leader and CEO by strengthening your mental acuteness, in addition to the physical benefits. For me, I've been running a long time and have found a few tips and tricks that really allow me to maximize my time and productivity—and I'd love to share them with you. read »
District of Columbia politicians don’t have the most pristine reputation. Remember Mayor Marion Barry? In office from 1979 to 1991, Barry was videotaped smoking crack cocaine and served six months in federal prison. Yet he was re-elected to city council in 1992, then was Mayor again from 1995 to 1999. read »
The calls for cutting the federal government's budget and perhaps even balancing it have continued and are likely to grow louder during this election year. Don’t listen to them unless you want to see a fall in your net assets! Government deficits, by definition, create private sector wealth, while surpluses drain it. It’s simple accounting. read »
First off, I would like to start out by thanking Mr. Romney for not releasing a big batch of prior year returns and hope he will stand his ground and continue not to release them. The reason is simple. There are a limited number of bloggers who actually work on returns at that level of complexity, so I will feel obligated to study them. My biggest fear is that he will dump them on us on October 5th, when all the people who work on those type of returns are totally absorbed in their day jobs. By the[...] read »
Most technology companies have a usual problem: not enough demand for their products, especially in a sluggish world market economy. Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has an unusual problem: too much demand for its products! While this problem has hurt the company’s short-term performance, it is expected to more than make it up in the long-term, as it will eventually translate into higher sales and profit margins. That’s can explain why the stock soared in after-hours trades, even as it missed analysts estimates[...] read »
Here we go again—Yahoo’s CEO Number 5 (NASDAQ:YHOO). As co-founder of a leadership development firm (Zenger Folkman), I can tell you that for any company, having five CEOs in a matter of five years is a dismal record. From resumé blunders to failed attempts at revitalizing the company, Yahoo hasn’t had much luck with their CEO “pickings”. Will this next CEO be any different? Can such a large and troubled company be handled by a woman? read »
Whether you’re a startup or a Fortune 500 company, every business needs to communicate effectively with their clients, employees and vendors. Since I started my company, MOD Restoration, I spend hours each month researching the best communication tools out there to enhance our customer experience and internal processes. I'm happy to share them with you so you can focus your time on the more fun stuff - like growing your business. read »
President Obama tells us that the rich should give back to society. He even knows many wealthy people who want to give back more. (I guess they can’t until their taxes are raised). We learn from him that the rich owe their success not to business acumen and risk taking but to public roads, schools, the courts, food stamps, disability payments, workplace regulation, and other government services. We even owe the first rumblings of the internet to DARPA, unfortunately the research arm of the military-industrial[...] read »
