Pioneering Quotes – March Madness 2009 Edition
“When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.”
- George Raveling
“My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back.”
- Author Unknown
“The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.”
- Bill Russell
Facebook responds to user feedback
Last week I posted this entry: The New “New Coke” — Will Facebook Heed its Users’ Feedback?
It appears that Facebook is listening after all. The following was posted on Facebook’s blog last night:
Responding to Your Feedback
by Christopher Cox
Since we launched Facebook’s home page design, we’ve received thousands of e-mails, Wall posts and comments from you along with direct feedback from all of our friends and family. If you’ve already given us feedback, thank you. Hearing what you have to say, whether criticism or praise, helps us build a product that serves you better.
Pioneering Quotes – March 23, 2009 Edition
“When we’re in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we’re desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don’t know how to run very well.”
- Bill Ford
“Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.”
- Andrew Carnegie
The New "New Coke" — Will Facebook Heed its Users' Feedback?
Several years ago, one of my clients asked me to conduct a focus group to learn how he could more effectively market his products and services. I pulled together a group of six or seven people who represented the heart of his target market. We spent several hours together, during which the group expressed strong opinions regarding how this client could improve the value he delivered to clients and strengthen his market position.
Article: The Coming Facebook-Twitter Collision
Forget about rivalries with MySpace and LinkedIn. Facebook’s real competition is coming from upstart microblogging site Twitter. more…
Poll: Online News Sources Seen As Reliable As Local Papers
From Rasmussen Reports: Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans say they go online and use the Internet every day or nearly every day, and most of those adults now find online reporting comparable to that in their local newspaper. more…
Rasmussen Poll on Newspaper Readership
From Rasmussen Reports: Just 30% of Americans say they read a print version of their local newspaper every day or nearly every day, but under the age of 40, only half as many (15%) say the same.
Another 20% of all adults say they read the print paper several times a week, but 30% say they rarely or never read it. Twenty percent (20%) also say they read the print paper once a week or less. more…
Pioneering Quotes – Adversity
“Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.”
- Unknown
“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”
- John Churton Collins
“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.”
- Arthur Golden
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