Strategic Alliance: Managing a win-win partnership
The first step to a successful strategic alliance is choosing a good match for partnering, but even the best match can be quickly undermined by poor management. With any collaboration, it’s key to clearly set expectations and agree on critical aspects of the relationship from the beginning including timeframes, deliverables, and ongoing measurements. I recently […]
Strategic Alliance: The what, why, and how of growth through partnership
Are you one of those firms that hear about strategic alliance and automatically think “not for us”? Maybe you’ve heard some of the bad press on a strategic alliance that failed, or perhaps it just seems a bit daunting to get started. The truth is that many strategic alliances are and have been extremely successful […]
I’ve joined Nokia
On December 4th 2007, Avvenu was acquired by Nokia. This means that the Avvenu services will now be provided by the world’s leading mobile communications company. With Nokia’s global stature, the Avvenu service is available to more people than we could ever have reached as a startup. I’m impressed with the direction Nokia is taking […]
I’ve joined Avvenu
Two weeks ago I joined Avvenu, Inc. as CEO. We’ll start a company blog shortly. Meanwhile, I wanted to add a more personal perspective to the company news release. Several friends were surprised that I did not go to an open source or media company. In truth, I certainly looked at opportunities at several, and […]
2006 Technology Predictions from Deloitte
I was just reading Deloitte Research’s Technology Predictions for 2006, a 20 page pdf report. It is quite inciteful and it’s free. Here are Deloitte’s 10 emerging technology trends / predictions. Search engines will challenge email as the leading digital application. Research and development will become more collaborative as business, government and academic institutions increasingly […]
Is Slashdot on the block?
In today’s article in CNNMoney.com entitled Is Slashdot the future of Media?, an idea was floated that Slashdot, and even VA Software, should be snapped up by another media company. But it seems to me that any media company aiming to go deep into the modern world of user-generated media might want to think about […]
VA Software sells Animation Factory — Is there more to come?
I was very surprised to see that VA Software had sold the Animation Factory assets to JupiterMedia. This brings an additional $9.35M cash to the company, bringing the total equity to approximately $55M. Is this a single event, or is this the start of a strategy to re-invent the company? I hope it’s a re-invention. […]
Inspired workplaces need inspired cultures
A recent article in CIO magazine The Don’ts & Do’s of Creating an Inspired Workplace made some very good points. The Do’s in the article are common sense practices all managers should follow, however the article didn’t go far enough. I believe in establishing a corporate culture that lets everyone, not just management, participate in […]