John Duffy, 3Cinteractive CEO, and I did a round of PR interviews a couple of weeks ago. Duff is a telecom serial entrepreneur who has built a pretty neat company, a profitable and high-growth mobility platform service that doesn’t depend on advertising for its business model. I’m sharing the 3Cinteractive story because it’s an important …
International Data Group forecasts that there will be 20 billion wirelessly connected devices by 2020. Today, there are 7 billion people on our planet and 5 billion cell phones. How will this be possible? Answer: M2M M2M is machine-to-machine technology. In the 1990’s it enabled high-frequency trading, and some hedge fund managers became billionaires. Things …
I’ve been observing for some time an emerging phenomenon regarding temporary work. For some, temporary jobs actually may become their preferred career. If adopted broadly, this trend can have a huge uplifting effect on employment and our economy. Here’s why. As any CEO will tell you, “uncertainty” is a powerful determinant of when to invest, …
One of my great pleasures is mentoring young people who are armed with fresh ideas, boundless energy, and a hunger to learn about entrepreneurship, marketing, and disruptive innovation. Thanks to social media sites such as Facebook, our newly-connected world allows fledgling entrepreneurs to find seasoned businessmen like me and plumb our experience. Recently I received …
The US is the unquestioned technology leader in complex medical devices, advanced patient care, and pharmaceuticals research. It is ironic that the more we innovate with medicine, the more expensive our healthcare system becomes. Increasingly, the sickest 10% of our population consumes the lion’s share of our total healthcare expenditures – estimated by some at …