On June 23, 2011

The Auto Industry Bailout Becomes a Political Football

The GOP is unhealthily fixated on the auto industry bailouts. And they aren't afraid to drag Obama administration officials in front of Congress to testify about who was and wasn't given a raw deal.

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On June 23, 2011

Bombarding Investors With Your Deal Is a Terrible Idea

Subtitle: The deals chase the money. The money doesn’t chase the deals.

Two days ago in Angels vs. VCs on Business Pitches I said our angel investment group looks at all submissions. <img style="margin: 5px 0px…

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On June 23, 2011

Why So Many Customers Are Getting the Runaround

In part because of outsourcing, passing the buck has become epidemic among companies. Sears hid behind a third party--and alienated a customer.

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On June 23, 2011

The Biggest Source of Stress in Your Office — and What to Do About It

A new study shows that email has become the most identifiable symbol of workplace overload and stress. But what can we really do about it?

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On June 23, 2011

Square, ATMs, and the Pace of Transformation

Remember how after Chemical Bank launched the first Automated Teller Machine in the 1960s, waves of bank branches shut down? And remember when banks went online, how waves of local bank branches shut down?

Oh wait.

In both cases…

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On June 23, 2011

How to Manage the Meeting Monopolizer

You can have the best plan in the world for your sales presentation... but it only takes one person asking the wrong questions to derail it. Use these three methods to take control back.

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On June 23, 2011

The Most Important Thing I Wished I’d Known As A New eBay Seller

Hi gang,

Happy, happy weekday from Oak Island beach in North Carolina. My family and I are attempting to spend 8 weeks at the beach this summer, and I have to say happy “weekday” because I have literally already forgotten

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On June 23, 2011

The Flipside of Cisco’s Flip Decision

In 2009, I purchased a Flip HD camcorder. Around the same time, Cisco purchased Flip, the company, for about $600 million. It was never clear precisely what Cisco was up to, but with YouTube being a…