Monster Competitive Intelligence

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I had lunch last week with Ed Melia of P3 Capital Ventures.  A couple of months ago, Ed had introduced me to a wonderful opportunity to volunteer at Boston’s Career Collaborative and we got together after helping out there last Friday morning.  Ed has a fascinating perspective on human capital and is a leader in […]

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Chinese Math

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At the peak of Silicon Valley ‘s bubble, back in January of 2000, Guy Kawasaki wrote an irreverent article for Forbes Magazine about the poor quality of business plans that inexperienced entrepreneurs were submitting to venture capitalists back in those days.  The article notes a number of common mistakes, most articulated in Guy’s signature tongue-in-cheek style, but […]

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