by Marc H. Rudov | May 31, 2017 | Article
Complaints abound that CEOs of publicly traded enterprises are too obsessed with beating Wall Street’s expectations of quarterly earnings. By and large, chief executives, and the boards to which they report, are incented inimically, and pressured by financial...
by Marc H. Rudov | October 31, 2015 | Article
In 1960, Bob Newhart recorded a best-selling comedy album called The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back. In this album, he did a routine, “An Infinite Number of Monkeys,” which reminds me of how so many technology products are created and funded. Newhart...
by Marc H. Rudov | April 8, 2009 | Article
When a product has inherent value and its leading purveyor brands it properly, customers will grasp and demand it instantly. Otherwise, “educational” seminars begin sprouting like weeds to fill the void. The latest example of foggy branding is cloud...