The dumb as anything Abstain from Sex for the All Blacks campaign was something pushed for by Saatchi and Saatchi’s CEO Kevin Roberts. I’m sure he is an awesome bloke, but some of his advertising-agency-driven recommendations seem way off kilter. Conflict of interest? The Abstain campaign was devised by Roberts, as an excellent Press article …
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A great look at how important the iPhone has been to Apple’s success over at Bullcross. My favorite chart is below. The last two quarters are projections: During this seismic shift in revenue source Apple’s overall revenue rose from $24 billion in the year ended September 2007 to $42.9 billion in the year ended September …
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Here’s a somewhat random assortment of posts that I like – updated June 19, 2013. Investing and growing companies Investing on the dot – Using Syft as a case study of when to invest. Investing with appropriate speed – Balancing decision and execution speed with the amount. Blame directors for failure, CEOs for success – and make sure you …
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On Tuesday last week I was lucky enough to listen to an interesting range of cool people give 5 minute talks on the topics of their choice. (ok – only one person hit the 5 minute market exactly, and he had a giant clock on his chest) It was Webstock‘s 3rd birthday and exit from …
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