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Mark Cuban on CEO Pay - Eliminate All Free Lottery Tickets

Authored by Mark Cuban on April 15, 2008 - 6:17am.
There is a game played by CEOs with the corporate issuance of lottery tickets. Otherwise known as stock. Stock can be issued in any number of ways, shapes or forms. Warrants, options, restricted or unrestricted stock. No matter what you call it, every CEO hired, is asking for equity knowing that their only goal is to hit the jackpot and create a pool of wealth that puts them in the "fuck you" wealth category. Thats enough money to buy or rent just about anything you can think of and put you in position to never have to work again. You just live off the cash in the bank.
tags: Investing | Venture Capital | Wall Street | Management | CEO Pay |

How To Find Time To Blog (When It's Not Your Day Job)

Authored by Rohit Bhargava on July 31, 2007 - 6:53am.

The one question I am asked most often by people who are considering starting their own blog or struggling to keep momentum up on a blog they have already created is how to find the time to do it.  If asked for a fast response, I usually mention my two top assets - collectng ideas all the time so I have an archive of things to write about, and writing fast.  Of course, there're more to it than that.  So for all of you who may be struggling to keep a blog going while doing your day jobs - here are a few tips that I have learned which may help.  Blogging can be a time consuming thing...

tags: Internet | Marketing | Blogs | Publishing | Management | PR |

Guy Kawasaki: How to Write a Business Plan - Ten Questions with Tim Berry

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on July 24, 2007 - 1:33am.

I work in the surreal world of Silicon Valley where venture capitalists fund companies based on PowerPoint pitches and executive summaries. My friend Tim Berry rightfully pointed out that business plans still serve an important role in "the rest of the world." He's right, and he should know because he's the president of Palo Alto Software, the principal creator of Business Plan Pro, and the author of a blog called Planning, Startups, Stories. He was recently named the US Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Corporate Entrepreneur of the Year for 2007.
tags: Internet | Marketing | Software | Management | Tim Berry |

Guy Kawasaki: Ten Questions with Jeffrey Pfeffer

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on July 13, 2007 - 3:19am.

Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is the author or co-author of twelve books. Dr. Pfeffer received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and his Ph.D. from Stanford.
tags: Internet | Tech | Stanford | Publishing | Venture Capital | Management | Academics |

FROG: Building a Not-For-Profit On the Very Cheap

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on June 18, 2007 - 9:13am.
In the spirit of the $12,107.09 startup, check out this blog on how some folks started FROG, an organization to help Guyana (no relation to me), on the very cheap. It includes a great list of free/cheap apps to use. Lots to admire and learn here.
tags: Internet | Marketing | Venture Capital | Management | Non-Profit | FROG |

Why Windows kicked Macintosh’s butt - The Strategy Paradox

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on February 20, 2007 - 9:46am.
I don’t know about you, but there are many companies that succeed, and I can’t figure out why. And there are also many companies that fail (some of which I invested in), and I can’t figure out why. This book goes a long way in explaining how strategy makes or breaks a company. To put it another way, I won’t think I’m so smart if a company that I invest in succeeds, and I won’t think I’m so dumb if it tanks.
tags: Marketing | Apple | Microsoft | Management | Strategy | Guy Kawasaki |

ARSE: The Asshole Rating Self Exam

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on February 5, 2007 - 9:16am.
Bob Sutton and the mavens at Electric Pulp have created the ARSE (Asshole Rating Self Exam) to help people to determine if they are assholes. This is an offshoot from Bob’s book, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t, which I reviewed at the end of October. I’m sure that none of you need to take this test, but you might know someone who does. :-)
tags: Marketing | Investing | Books | Management | Guy Kawasaki |

Is Camp Allen and the Moguls Drifting Towards Irrelevance?

Authored by Jay Baage on July 7, 2006 - 5:45am.

Fuel up your jets, next week is the start of “Camp Allen”, the annual summer investment conference hosted by the investment banker Herbert A. Allen Jr. of Allen & Co. that caters to the crème de la crème of media, entertainment and tech managers.

tags: Wall Street | Entertainment | Hollywood | Media | Management | Murdoch | Diller | Herbert Allen | Stringer |

U.K. Consumer Watchdog NCC Slams Digital Rights Management

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 17, 2006 - 2:53am.
London - The National Consumer Council (NCC), a U.K. consumer watchdog, has called for new laws to protect consumers' right to use digital music and movies. The NCC also questioned the efficacy of industry self-regulation when it comes to digital rights management (DRM). "Because of the current situation, consumers face security risks to their equipment, limitations on their use of products, poor information when purchasing products and unfair contract terms," said NCC Policy Director Jill Johnstone. "Whilst we recognize the value of (IP) rights, we have little confidence in self-regulation by the industry." The NCC said that, due to DRM, many consumers cannot play DVDs purchased abroad or make compilations of material purchased for their own use.
tags: U.K | NCC | Management | Digital Rights |

U.K. Parliament to Analyze Digital Rights Management

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2005 - 4:04am.
London - The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) announced that it will hold a public inquiry into the controversial issue of digital rights management (DRM). DRM software protects copyright in things like software, music and films that are stored digitally. "DRM systems bring threats and opportunities to both publishers and consumers," said APIG Chairman Derek Wyatt. "This inquiry will seek to establish how consumers, artists and the distribution companies should be protected in a continually evolving market place." APIG said it was particularly interested in the effects of DRM on copyright law and consumers and whether changes to laws would be necessary. Companies, organizations, academics and individuals must submit their opinions in writing by Dec. 21; the inquiry's results will be presented to Parliament.
tags: U.K | Management | Digital Rights | Parliament |

Management Acquires U.S. Unit of Japanese Games Firm Sammy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 8, 2005 - 5:30am.
Carlsbad, Calif. -- Sammy Studios, the North American video game development unit of Japanese publisher Sammy, announced that it has been acquired by management and changed its name to High Moon Studios. The studio was purchased by a private investment group led by Sammy Studios president and COO John Rowe, in advance of a looming shutdown of the studio as part of Sammy's pending merger with fellow Japanese games firm Sega. The deal included the rights to all Sammy properties, including the unreleased "Darkwatch." "Sammy's decision to discontinue game development in North America has afforded us the rare opportunity to establish an independent studio built on existing capabilities and resources," said Rowe. "High Moon is our new identity, yet our creative and technical capabilities, our talented development teams and the phenomenal resources at our disposal are unchanged."
tags: Management | U.S. Unit of Japanese Games | Sammy |

Microsoft Releases New Digital Rights Management Software

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 3, 2004 - 3:28am.
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft on Monday released a new version of its digital rights management software, offering new features such as protection of subscription-based or on-demand digital music and video content. The software defines usage rights for content distributed to Windows-based PCs, portable audio and video devices, cell phones and networked devices within the home. The new Janus technology includes secure time clocks for portable devices, which enable content whose subscription has lapsed to become unplayable. "The next generation of Windows Media DRM breaks new ground for music and video services so they can offer consumers more choices and an even better experience when buying, renting or previewing premium content," said Amir Majidimehr, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Windows digital media division."
tags: Microsoft | Software | Management | New Digital |

Intel-Backed "Project Hudson" Creating Universal Digital Rights Management

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 6, 2004 - 4:17am.
San Francisco -- The New York Times recently reported on a new standards group created by a group of computer, cell phone and electronics firms that is developing Internet-based digital rights management technology that will protect CDs and DVDs, as well as enable the secure transfer of media over wireless networks to handheld devices. Project Hudson members include Intel, Nokia, Samsung, Toshiba and Matshushita. The group plans to detail its solution in February, prior to the Grammys and Academy Awards. Project Hudson will face competition from Microsoft's Windows Media Rights Manager technology, as well as from Sony/Philips, Apple and RealNetworks. A separate consortium called the Content Reference Forum is also developing standards for media distribution and is backed by Microsoft, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Universal Music Group and VeriSign.
tags: Universal | Management | Intel-Backed | Project Hudson |

Digital Media Project Seeks Digital Rights Management Standards

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 1, 2003 - 6:03am.
Geneva -- A group of digital-media experts have launched an international forum -- deemed the Digital Media Project -- that aims to standardize digital media and copy protection technologies. The group says that it wants to put an end to the "technological civil war" that is currently hampering the spread of digital media content, and develop interoperable digital rights management technologies for digital media formats. The new Switzerland-based forum is the brainchild of Leonardo Chiariglione, who headed the group responsible for creating the widespread MPEG set of media standards. "We need to have the two communities working together," Chiariglione said. "Otherwise, most of what we have been doing (with MPEG and other digital media standards bodies) in the last few years becomes meaningless."
tags: Digital Media | Standards | Management | Digital Rights |