The just announced price drop of the iPhone to $399 is an interesting launch price scenario that would make for an interesting research piece or PhD thesis. During the launch of any product now, people go look at eBay as the “marketplace” for judging hype and of course, supply & demand. Interestingly enough, during the […]

Palm actually comes to its senses and realizes NO ONE is willing to pay $500 for a giant Palm magnifying device … “Based on early feedback on the Foleo, the company knew it needed to improve the product before selling it, company CEO Ed Colligan said in a blog entry on Palm’s site in which […]

Business 2.0 will cease publication with its October issue this year.  Launched by Future Media back in 1998 and subsequently sold to Time back in 2000, B2 has had a very interesting run for a magazine. Time has turned down offers from Mansueto Ventures (owners of Fast Company) and others with the buzz on the […]

Over the long Labor Day weekend visiting family in South Carolina, I was enjoying jetskiing on Lake Murray, eating picnic food, and drinking beer. Not all at once although tempting. On Monday morning, there was to be a parade in a little town called Chapin which proved to be a real eye opener about politics […]

If Sun Tzu (Art of War) were alive today – he would add a chapter to his treatise on war & business – do not go out of your way to annoy Steve Jobs. Sure, on stage Steve Jobs seems like a pleasant man dressed in jeans and a mock turtleneck and you figure someone […]