Anheuser-Busch has decided not to run a "controversial" ad during the Super Bowl, but instead to launch it just on their web site. Personally, I think they're really wimping out, as the commercial, called "Wardrobe Malfunction," is as tame as they get. But I love their quote in USA Today: "Our beer drinkers tell us [...]
Jason, Ryan and I made our annual trek to NAMM a couple weeks ago. "NAMM," of course, stands for The International Music Products Association, which is a clear indication of why the retail music industry gets no respect. The hot item for the show was Roland's new V-Accordion, shown here with interested buyers. Through the [...]
Regarding our simplified version of Moore's Law (see prior post), in the mid-90's I built a spreadsheet to see what had actually happened. At that point we had about 15 years of technology investing behind us which I charted out. The result was that there was about a 1.8x price performance improvement every year. This [...]
I'm a big fan of Andy Kessler. His articles are always worth reading, providing insight to parts of the financial world I don't play in, and giving his unique spin to it all. His most recent emailing included an excerpt from his new book, Running Money. In this section, he recalls meeting an entrepreneur who [...]
First, an icebreaker. What's the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you? It was the mid-80's, and PDI was working hard to break into the television commercial business. We had clients from out of town that had come to spend the day reviewing our progress, giving feedback and hopefully approving the work so far. [...]
I've decided to jump into the bogging fray. I've enjoyed reading a bunch of other blogs, primarily busness related, and the best ones call to mind personal moments that have defined or directed my life. Some of those experiences have been big lessons, but most have been small and seemingly meaningless at the moment. Yet [...]