“It is a rare qualification to be able to conceive and suffer the truth to pass through us living and intact.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Welcome to the music business. You’re f***ed.” – Martin Atkins
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Jimmy Iovine and why the Apple-Beats deal is genius
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, Internet history, Marketing insight, Media Industry, Quotes, Web/Tech
May 9, 2014
“Apple got everything right except the earbud…”
Jimmy Iovine: “I wasn’t talented enough to stay in the band” – So he built a company and sold it for $3.2 billion to Apple instead
Why Apple’s acquisition of …
Reporting, propaganda and the Internet-enabled New Deal for journalism
There’s a provocative new opinion piece by Marc Andreessen on the future of the news media.
He envisions a “golden future” for journalism, one in stark contrast to how industry insiders view the trajectory of their once-rich personal gravy train.…
Netscape…Founded 20 years ago today
By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, inspiration, Internet history, Internet insight, Videos to Watch
This is not a story about how someone learned “one simple trick” and made millions.
This is a story about how to do business right.
If you’re ever going to make millions, this is the kind of story you need …
Netscape: The original Internet start up
There were a few businesses on the Internet before Netscape, but it’s not exaggeration to say that the chances are overwhelmingly good that if you’re using the Web, you’re using it because this company existed.
In the world of business …
The unadvertised perils of Facebook advertising
The vast majority of people – including Wall Street analysts who should know better – think that Facebook has a promising future.
After all, since its launch its share price has crawled steadily higher.
The fact that an unknown percentage …