Frontline presents: College Inc.

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I am a big fan of PBS Frontline and this coming episode, College Inc., is no exception Higher education is a $400 billion industry fueled by taxpayer money. One of the fastest-growing–and most controversial–sectors of the industry is the for-profit colleges and universities. Unlike [...]

Maria Bartiromo: The Best Teacher You Ever Had

Since our event last month “An Evening with Maria Bartiromo: The 10 Laws of Enduring Success” was one of the first kick-off events for her new book “The 10 Laws of Enduring Success” and it was one of our most successful events. After compiling the results from our event survey, and some of the responses, [...]

Palm Inc: Now what?

I’m never going to forget my very first Palm Pilot in 1998…how cool…it was everything I needed and wanted in a handheld device…addresses, notes, contacts everything…and it had the ability to sync with my computer to keep it up to date. Over the years the company changed owners, management, operating systems and the competition heated [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]