Why Every Company Needs A "No Bozo" Policy
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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Why Are Twitter's Revenues So Puny? Time to Grow Up
Twitter is celebrated as a big social media success. The reality is that its current revenues suck.
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Facebook's Yahoo! Patent Problem
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Facebook's planned initial public offering is the talk of the business media these days.
Everyone is swooning over how big it will be, how many millionaires it will create and how Facebook might continue to grow after its IPO.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Jackson Sees `Incredible Value' in Yahoo Asian Assets
My appearance on Bloomberg yesterday pre-Apple and Yahoo! earnings.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
The Single Best Yahoo! Shareholder Question and Answer Exchange - Ever
This might go down as one of the greatest exchanges at a shareholders' meeting in history. From the Yahoo! meeting last June.
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Roy Bostock's Greatest Hits As Yahoo!'s Hapless Chairman
The biggest impediment to Yahoo!'s success in the last 4 years has been Roy Bostock - not Jerry Yang. Hopefully, Roy will soon be gone as Chairman. Here's a summary of his ridiculous statements over the years.
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Google's Big Problem They Don't Want You To Know About
The core business which accounts for 96% of Google's business is slowing. But the management team doesn't want you to know that.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
In Defense of Jerry Yang
People love to hate on Yahoo! and Jerry Yang, but they're conveniently forgetting some important facts as they dance on his grave.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Why Companies are Terrible at Selecting, Retaining and Motivating Their Talent
Here's a Top Ten list of what not to do as a boss, if you want to keep great people around you.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Jerry Yang's Departure Means Major Transformations for Yahoo!
Here's what to expect next from Yahoo!
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Ten Ways to Turnaround a Dysfunctional Team
Ten sure-fire ways to turnaround a dysfunctional team you've just taken over
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Monday, January 16, 2012
The Ten Best Memories of the 90s Internet Bubble
The late 90s were a blast. The first tech bubble was one of the biggest parties of all time. Here's what you missed.
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Six Years Later, The Problem at HP is Still the Board
The HP board in 2012 is just as dysfunctional as it was in 2006. Here's a reflection of how bad they were back then.
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Friday, January 13, 2012
No Wonder Hulu Couldn't Sell Itself
Hulu tried to pump up its 2011 results in a blog post yesterday. They're not very exciting.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Top Ten Reasons Why It's Better To Stick It Out At A Big Company Instead of Leave for a Start-Up
Although the grass always looks greener, sometimes you're better off sticking it out at a big company over a start-up.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Why Narcissistic CEOs Kill Their Companies
Whether you're an employee, an investor, or a CEO yourself, you need to read about these 2 recent academic studies of how and why Narcissistic CEOs can kill their companies.
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Motorola Hits Rough Patch
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Late Friday, after the market closed, Motorola Mobility(MMI_)sent out an innocuous-sounding press release with a "Business Update" in the title.
The release ended up tanking Google's(GOOG_)stock by more than 4% on Monday and the sell-off continued on Tuesday, even after the market bounced out of the gates.
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Monday, January 09, 2012
Some Important Yahoo! Details Buried In Thompson's Compensation Agreement
The next 6 weeks should hold a lot of drama for Yahoo!, as we see its board try and make the case why they shouldn't be thrown out.
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Ten Reasons Performance Reviews Are Done Terribly
Performance reviews are almost always painful experiences for those giving and receiving them. Here are the 10 biggest mistakes that are made.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Yahoo Board Needs Replacements, Jackson Says
My chat with Erik Schatzker and Scarlet Fu from this morning about Yahoo!'s new CEO and their dysfunctional board:
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
In the Year of Facebook, Beware the Social Media Stocks
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Most believe the stock/business story of 2012 is going to beFacebook -- specifically its rumored IPO which should come before the middle of the year. That's probably true. Yet, ironically, 2012 is also the year in which you need to protect yourself from other falling social media IPOs.
Yahoo!: Was Thompson the Right Choice?
NEW YORK (RealMoney) -- Former eBay(EBAY_)PayPal President Scott Thompson wasn't on anyone's short-list of possible next CEOs for Yahoo!(YHOO_). The stock immediately traded down this morning on the news and then further declined during the conference call introducing him when Chairman Roy Bostock clumsily announced there would be no way that Yahoo! would be taken private.
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Jackson on Possible New RIM Chairman, Share Price
My appearance on Bloomberg West last night:
Monday, January 02, 2012
The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives
If you exhibit several of these traits, now is the time to stamp them out from your repertoire. If your boss or several senior executives at your company exhibit several of these traits, now is the time to start looking for a new job.
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