Can Big Companies Innovate?
Are successful corporations able to continuously innovate or are their senses dulled on their way to the bank… until some lively upstart comes and kicks them in their money maker.
Esther Dyson on Health
Video: Esther Dyson, Internet mover and shaker and board member of 23andMe, a consumer-facing genetic testing company, discusses the future of the Internet and the challenges and opportunities associated with the genomics movement.
From Print to Digital: How Business Publishers Can Help Advertisers Help Themselves
Video: In the latest installment of ‘From Print to Digital,’ Matthew Schwartz sits down with Gordon Hughes, president-CEO of American Business Media, and Barbara Bacci Mirque, executive VP-communications and best practices for the Association of National Advertisers, to discuss how digital media are dramatically changing the relationship between business-information companies and advertisers.
VC Update: Navigating a Difficult Economic Environment
The National Venture Capital Association recently noted that there were no venture-backed IPOs last quarter. The last time this happened was 30 years ago. The M&A markets have cooled down somewhat as well. In the first half of 2008, there were 120 M&A exits for venture-backed companies, down from 169 in the first half of 2007. Is it all downhill from here?
Mobile Market Needs Some Juice
Audio: Swing a cat and you’re liable to hit two people kibbitzing about their bells and whistles on their cell phones. But as far as marketers are concerned, mobile advertising is still untested. A lack of standards among the carriers and adequate measurement are two of the major sticking points. I spoke with a few media executives about where mobile advertising goes from here.
Ariella Maron on Sustainability in NYC
Video: The average New Yorker produces one-third the greenhouse gas emissions when compared to the average American citizen. With smaller personal footprints and with more transit oriented communities, the density of New York is scaled such that its planners and citizens are forced to consider the social implications of sustainability.
ContentNext, mediabistro and math
Mediabistro blog FishbowlNY’s swipe at the valuation of Rafat Ali’s ContentNext, sold for a reported $30 million (including an earn-out over time based on performance) to the Guardian Media Group, smells at least a little bit of tit-for-tat over something Rafat wrote after mediabistro’s sale to Jupiter Media.
Credit Card Nation: America’s Dangerous Addiction to Credit
Video: Dr. Robert D. Manning is the author and inspiration of Credit Card Nation which has influenced public policy and research on consumer credit in the United States and abroad. Dr. Manning has contributed to state and federal legislation concerning the marketing of credit cards to college students, consumer bankruptcy reform, predatory loans, and financial education programs.
Architecture for Humanity: Cameron Sinclair
This video was filmed during the Metropolis Magazine conference @ ICFF - Design Entrepreneurs: Make Good and Prosper.Sponsored by ASID and Lonseal.
Architect, author, and activist Cameron Sinclair talks about Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings design services to communities in need.
Cameron Sinclair was trained as an […]
Jonathan Fink on Sustainability
Video: Jonathan Fink is the Director for the Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University. He is also the university’s sustainability officer, a position within the president’s office at ASU. Fink is also an accomplished vulcanologist, but that’s another story…
