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You can deal with failure. Sure it’s tough, but you just work hard and try to get going again. But success — success is an opiate. A lot of people can’t handle it.

Content: Quotation | Source: PBS | Subject: Success / Failure

Somewhat topical discussion of e-marketplaces (by the master of re-engineering himself), but points raised are of long-lasting value.

Content: Article | Author: Michael Hammer | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis

When the tech-stock bubble burst in 2000, a number of companies allowed key employees to cancel previous options-based stock purchases that had left them with deep losses. The implications of such favoritism are troubling enough that the SEC – not to mention shareholder activists – are taking a closer look.

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Trends / Analysis

The nation’s leading high-tech centers are places where people from virtually any background can settle and make things happen.

Content: Article | Author: Richard Florida | Source: InformationWeek | Subject: Trends / Analysis | Industry: Information Technology

CEO of Exodus Communications, former senior vice president at IBM

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Telecommunications

VC, Charles River Ventures

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

comb through the archives of Red Herring’s VC P.S. column to find a large number of VCs profiled and interviewed (usually in two parts)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

former Microsoft VP, founder and CEO of RealNetworks

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Entertainment / Media

Founder, HelloBrain

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

Founder, Infoseek

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Information Technology

Organizational effectiveness is “the ability of an organization to fulfill its mission through a blend of sound management, strong governance, and a persistent rededication to achieving results.”

Content: Quotation | Source: TrendScope | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

So what exactly is Microsoft’s “.Net” and why should we take notice?

When Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer announced Microsoft’s new strategy 18 months ago, their explanation of this “bet-the-company” move was – at least to this columnist – as clear as mud. As it turned out, I was not alone.

Content: Article | Author: Louise Kehoe | Source: FT.com | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis

You can hire good people. You can ask for big ideas. But if you don’t create an environment where good people can nurture and grow their big ideas, you might as well kiss your competitive advantage goodbye.

Content: Article | Authors: J Pegues, Laurence Holt | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Innovation, Management

Content: Book | Author: Allan R. Cohen | Subjects: Management, MBA Related

Venture Partner with Mohr, Davidow Ventures

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

chief strategy officer at 12 Entrepreneuring; author of bestsellers Net Gain: Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities and Net Worth: Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Management | Industry: Consulting

Managing IT is as much about business as it is about technology, and the drive to E-business is attracting a variety of managers with a variety of skills – many of them outside traditional IT.

Content: Article | Authors: Elisabeth Goodridge, Sandra Swanson | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management

“Lieutenant, there are only three things you gotta remember: shoot, move and communicate.”
– advice given by a sergeant when he was serving in Vietnam.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Business Rules

Founder, with partner Tom Geniesse, of Quisic.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

The term “project finance” is generally used to refer to a nonrecourse or limited recourse financing structure in which debt, equity, and credit enhancement are combined for the construction and operation, or the refinancing, of a particular facility in a capital-intensive industry, in which lenders base credit appraisals on the projected revenues from the operation of the facility, rather than the general assets or the … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Institute of International Project Finance | Subjects: Finance, Project Management