Monthly Archives: September 2007
From LinkedIn: Is it good business to screw people? Or should I be "nice"?
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I’d like to share with you a LinkedIn exchange I had on the topic of whether Being Nice is a good business strategy. Continue reading
Be afraid, particularly of batteries
Have you seen this story? Our Boston leadership (and I use the term loosely) is once again promoting terror, fear, and ineptitude, in one happy package. An MIT student had a “bomb hoax” on her shirt. “Hoax” implies she was … Continue reading
Fewer finance jocks are attending business school. GOOD!
An article in the New York Times says that fewer finance jocks are attending business school. All I can say is: Good! In fact, it’s good for everyone. The Wall Street jockies whose only real interest is in making a … Continue reading
Remembering everyone else who died on 9/11/2001
Today is September 11, 2007. There are plenty of people out today, celebrating the firefighters, rescure workers, and World Trade Center denizens who lost their life in the terrorist attack of 9/11. My friend from business school, Andy Kates, was … Continue reading
Idiotic business policy of the week goes to … Verizon Wireless!
I canceled a Verizon Wireless account before the end of my contract, incurring a $200 penalty. No problem. I was fine with that. I went to the web site to pay my final bill. “Web site temporarily unavailable. Try back … Continue reading
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