Insights and perspectives on Facebook’s IPO
Last week I did an interview on radio 2SER on Facebook’s IPO and its future. You can listen to a podcast of the interview below. A few key points I covered:
Entries by Ross Dawson
Do you want to live forever?
For any student of potential disruptive technological advances, life extension inevitably looms as one that could completely change the condition of humanity. While there is heated debate about whether the current proposed approaches to life extension being proposed have any merit, there is no question that major advances are possible in the field.
The future of radio will be a personal mosaic of global and local audio
On Tuesday I was interviewed as part of a 30 minute panel discussion on ABC Queensland on the future of radio. The podcast of the program is here. It was a wide ranging discussion, and we covered a lot of territory. At the conclusion of the program, when we were each asked to give our […]
Facebook’s IPO and its plans for China and global domination
Yesterday I was interviewed by Radio Australia in a piece titled Facebook IPO filing reveals China plans. Their website includes a podcast and transcript of the segment. Below are the parts where I spoke. BAHFEN: The question I put to Ross is…what do these excerpts from Facebook’s IPO filing say about its intentions, with regard […]
The many and varied risk factors in Facebook’s IPO
My favorite part of reading S-1 IPO filings is always the risk factors. They are seemingly endless, as the company tries to cover its ass for all the things that might conceivably go wrong. But they are often very insightful in pointing to the real issues facing the company. To save you reading it all, […]
52% of Americans did mobile phone research while in stores over the holiday season
The cross-over between physical and online retail is not just for innovators and techies. It is the way people shop. In a 30 day period spanning Christmas, 52% of Americans who have mobile phones (and who cares about the rest? :-) ) used mobile phones to help them make buying decisions, according to research from […]
ABC TV: Facebook’s IPO, Apple’s cash pile, and RIM’s woes
I was interviewed last night on ABC’s The Business in a broad-ranging discussion about Facebook’s IPO, Apple’s cash pile, and Research In Motion’s future. Click on the image to watch the interview on the ABC website I’ll add some more comments on these very interesting topics shortly.
The headache (and opportunity) of managing your company’s online reputation
In a world of instantaneous information flows, managing company reputation is ever more fraught. An interesting article in Techworld titled How to manage your online reputation goes into the issue, describing how pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline had one of its trademarks hijacked by a dodgy company. The piece goes on: “Reputations are more visible – and […]
Open business: Sharing our group priorities for 2012 – Why not?
A year ago I shared a visualization of our AHT Group Business Model. Following that, I am now sharing our group 2012 Priorities. This comes from the principle of Open Business you can see in the 7 Enablers for our strategy. Our intention is to share more about the drivers of our business. The 2012 […]
Looking for crowdsourcing workshop/ event partners: Europe, North America, Asia
A book can be a very good way to distill and present useful information and guidance. We have done our best to make Getting Results From Crowds as pragmatic and practical as possible in helping organizations to use crowds to grow business and new possibilities. However for some issues and some people, a high-impact workshop […]
