How do you turn around a large company? According to Mohamad Ali, Chief Strategy Officer at Hewlett Packard, by first attacking costs and then strategically reinvesting the enhanced cash flow in profitable product initiatives. You also divest your extraneous parts, … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
Begelman is not an iconic name. Indeed, he is a Florida retiree. But he is illustrative of the fine tooth comb that now runs through the hair of our trading experience in public shares. The story is short and easy … Continue reading
It seems that the Rolling Stones will roll into Boston Garden this June. Balcony seats are far north of $400 each; floor seats are officially priced at $600 but if you go on line you will see single seats (not … Continue reading
ONE: It is 1959 and I am newly settled into the dormitory at Columbia College in New York City. I am sixteen and very excited. I go downstairs, cross Broadway to the smoke shop and ask for a pack of … Continue reading
According to a recent McKinsey survey of 1,600 corporate directors, only 20% said they fully understood the strategy of the company upon whose board they sat. Perhaps not surprising, as only 10% said they had a full understanding of the industry in … Continue reading
Yesterday the SEC issued guidance to public companies as to the use of social media (Facebook, Twitter etc.) to make announcement of corporate news. The same ground-rules as apply to announcing news on a company website will be applied. Regulation … Continue reading
Three leading Boston-based venture capitalists told an audience at the monthly Association for Corporate Growth Breakfast yesterday that even though the number of venture capital funds are shrinking, there’s still too much money out in the market-place. Additionally, significant alternate … Continue reading
In prior posts, we have established the that there is substantial current dialogue about the role of certain intelligent machines; that these machines generally are viewed as falling into the categories of “drone” or “robot”; that, as society perceives the … Continue reading
If you are sitting on a board of directors, does your board know the difference between a “emergency plan” and a “crisis plan?” An emergency plan is the information about immediate response; the phone numbers to call if there is … Continue reading
By and large, drones look like drones. They are small airplanes, helicopters, missiles. Where there is an exception (see the photographs of bird-like and insect-like drones in the March, 2013 National Geographic), they nonetheless do not look like human beings … Continue reading