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Data Portability

This Wired article touches on the issues associated with SaaS and data portability. The problem extends into the enterprise further, with significant business decisions being based on the lack of data portability. Business will many times build a solution in-house, investing significant time and money in a non-core business component because of the importance of [...]

MBAs vs. Entrepreneurs

http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/may2009/ca2009055_933788.htm offers good insight into the the difference between MBAs and Entrepreneurs. It fails to mention how much the MBA curriculum accounts for these differences. During my MBA experience the curriculum focused on measurement, planning, and forecasting. You were given a specific goal and had to come up with the best way to achieve that [...]

Transparency, Trust, Authenticity

Being transparent with your customers is important for success. It is simple but sometimes overlooked. Honesty, integrity, transparency. But at times transparency can be dangerous. It’s important that your customers trust your actions, and believe you are acting in their best interest. That can only be done by building trust through a history of transparency [...]