It is worrying times or is it not – bankers and lawyers are being priced out of pricy downtown offices. At Harvard recently, I was told that 1/5th of top MBA schools are joining tech firms almost 50% more than those joining investment banks. Janet Yellen of the...
Many think that marketing and Sales functions are one and the same. Let us define these two functions. Marketing is finding out what people want, why they want it and how much they’ll spend. Don’t confuse marketing with advertising. Sales is...
A few years back, I was doing business with someone who was paying a boatload of money on a monthly retainer. There was nothing like cashing that check every single month.Until that sneaky little gut feeling hit me. I had no evidence that he was doing anything...
SaaS provider Spontbox announced the launch of its flagship product this week, a technology that reconfigures social media for display on digital signage Now available in the U.S. and Canada, the solution extends the use of existing social marketing resources, adding...
CIOs (or Chief Investment Officers) are typically pegged as the IT decision makers within a company. While they usually steer the direction of the IT department and perhaps sign the cheques, when all is said and done, it is usually IT-skilled employees who heavily...
We have already heard a lot and seen a lot of action with respect to companies moving towards an outsourcing model. We saw the HR functions outsourced, then other widespread functions like customer service call centres got the same treatment. Now we are seeing the...
