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...
By John Haltiwanger in StrategyHave you ever thought about how much time you likely waste deciding what to wear in the morning? It’s probably made you late to school or work more times than you can count. We waste so many precious moments concerning...
Ford is making a change to its current infotainment system to make the user experience more like that of using one of today’s tablets or smartphones. In order to make that change a reality, Ford has dumped Microsoft, its software provider and has instead...
Microsoft has made available to the public a preview of Skype Translator, which is a new real-time language translation service that will be available for Windows 8.1 personal computers and tablets initially. Conversations will now be able to be translated...
The recent drop in oil prices, caused due to an unprecedented increase in oil supply does not bode well for countries like USA and Canada, where the very oil extraction process is much more costly as compared to countries like Saudia Arabia, Iraq, Iran and the Middle...
BlackBerry’s implosion has laid the foundation for the exciting and dynamic tech scene we see today. It seems that Canadian’s have taken this last shakeup as a matter of ego and hurt the Canadian pride – and they are doings something about it. Today,...
Intel Corporation is getting on board with the whole Internet of Things concept. Internet of Things (or IoT) is the term that refers to all of our devices that are connected to the Internet as well as to each other with the purpose of making our life’s easier....
In the western world – Health care is a disaster waiting to happen especially with aging population, myrid of new complex diseases hitting our population and the cost of medicare sky rocketing – technology could be a savior. Market is eager for new ideas...
Do any of you Sci-Fi buffs out there remember that eighties movie “The Terminator” where the machines were interconnected throughout the planet and decided to take over the world? Well a more subtle version of that type of networking is becoming more of a...
One of the key learnings from Day 1 at HBS has been the ever growing importance by companies to continue to evaluate, critique, dialogue, discuss, research and evolve their strategy. Strategy needs to be dynamic.Those companies that think that they have a good handle...
