Wall Street and Madison Avenue: Back on Track?

from AdWeek
Wall Street Optimistic on Ad Outlook
Media companies’ stocks are on the rise as a result
Oct 27, 2009
- Georg Szalai
Wall Street has become more optimistic about the advertising outlook for media companies ahead of the hot phase of third-quarter earnings season, and stocks have continued to run up as a result.
If quarterly results and CEO [...]

Bloomberg Announces Entrepreneurial Aid Program

As a followup to my story yesterday,  here is the complete report courtesy of Henry Goldman at Bloomberg News Service
Bloomberg Proposes Aid Program for New York Financial Industry
By Henry Goldman
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed creating a privately run fund to loan up to $250,000 to local start-up companies, among several [...]

Frontline on PBS: “Inside the Meltdown” on Feb 17th

When it comes to explaining, exploring and defining issues of the day, I am a huge fan of Frontline on PBS. From Walmart to credit card scams to the health care crisis and everything in between, the producers at Frontline really get it…and I, for one, am looking forward to the show this week entitled [...]

Adrie Reinders: Cash is King

My friend and colleague Adrie Reinders has the uncanny ability to write it exactly as he sees it…and more of then than not he is right on target. I found his blog post on E.Factor especially timely.
As a board member of many start-ups, I have had to deal with numerous situations where cash flow is [...]

My Info Center for the Economic Crisis

In case you are interested, I just spent the past few days in Albany…doing my “once a semester” teaching thing in Prof. Martin Fogelman’s class “ Behavioral Foundations of Management” among other things.
Since I drive up and down I find the radio becomes my  best friend and while I usually listen to NPR (WAMC or [...]