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The value of trust in any business situation cannot be underestimated. It sounds like an obvious statement but every now and then you get one of those reminders that maybe, just maybe, this isn’t the most obvious thing for most people.
This thought all came about as I saw a friend earlier today. I had […]

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It’s a competitive world out there. Companies must compete with one another in order to increase the bottom line. It’s not unlike a sporting event where two teams are duking it out with each other as they try to win the game. In business, as in the sporting world, it is usually the team that […]

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Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past two years you’ve undoubtedly heard of this iPhone thingy. Some computer company decides to make a phone. Mac fanboys everywhere have been speculating and drooling over the prospects of an Apple-created phone. Pundits everywhere dismissed the notion. Even after its release, it was met with […]

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So there I was cranking away at some work early one morning (6:00 a.m….don’t ask) when I got an email from a potential client. He needed some emergency work done and luckily I was able to get things set in motion and save him from his previous developer. The next day as I was strolling […]

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We’ve heard over and over again how painfully slow the U.S. Patent Office is. I was reminded again today as I was copied on an email to a patent attorney regarding an application we sent in THREE YEARS AGO. What the hell? This wasn’t even a very complex product that we are dealing with here. […]

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Will the big oil companies change their revenue models? This is a question that popped into my head as I saw a commercial for a petroleum company (it may have been Exxon…I don’t really watch enough TV to see commercials enough to remember who does what) talking about their commitment to finding new energy sources […]

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2008 certainly seems to be the year of the smartphone. Sure, smartphones have existed for years. In fact I remember way back in 2001 when someone was talking about this “BlackBerry” device that allowed people to read their emails. Huh? What were they talking about.
Over the past few years it was mainly business people that […]

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First, I apologize for my lack of news and insights here in Chia Town. As the contract I am working on comes to an end I have been scrambling to find a new gig to pay the bills. Needless to say, I haven’t had the time or the mindset to report on the more interesting […]

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It finally happened! Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced the $14.55 billion WiMax deal. Sprint will own 51% of the company (called Clearwire) with Clearwire owning 27% and investors 22%. Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks are all pumping $3.2 billion into the deal. Trilogy Equity Partners will also invest in the […]

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As you my readers have probably figured out by now, I am slightly intrigued by Sprint. I go nuts with some of their business decisions, I’m baffled that they continue losing customers even though I think they have the most amazing deal around (the Sprint SERO plan…look it up if you’re not familiar with it), […]

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