System Failures Still Haunt Us
One of the largest US market makers is on the edge of bankruptcy. The cause: a technology failure.
Category: Platforms
On Stocktwits and Frenemies
Twitter goes from friend to enemy in an instant. The platform giveth and the platform taketh away.
A Platform for Micro-Businesses
In my latest HuffPo piece, I talk to the CEO of SohoOS about his vision for very small companies.
Inc. Article #11: Facebook’s Biggest Problem
Unless you’ve been living in a vacuum, you know that Facebook’s stock has been reeling.
Amazon: Under the Radar?
How one of the world’s biggest companies quietly churns along.
Innovation, Google Plus, and the Additive Power of Platforms
What happens when platforms build on top of other planks and platforms?
Office 2013: Do You Care?
Microsoft’s latest version of its flagship product is coming soon. Does it matter?
Postal Vision 2020 Panel
An interesting chat with Marshall Van Alstyne, Syed Hoda, Larry Weber, and Jeff Jarvis.
On Microsoft and Marissa Mayer’s Challenge
Why Mayer’s turnaround is nothing like Microsoft’s Internet challenge in 1995.
Last to Cool
What can your company learn from Microsoft? Quite a bit, actually.
My New Book
Analytics: The Agile Way—my eighth book—is out.
Featured Talk: How to Create a Culture of Analytics
A 50-minute talk about Big Data and what we can learn from Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
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