November 23rd, 2010 by Alex Coté
One of the great things about the web these days is all of the free and nearly free tools that have popped up to help businesses of all sizes better support, sell, and market their products. What is often overlooked is that many of these tools are also great at helping you identify new growth [...]
June 5th, 2009 by Alex Coté
When General Motors filed bankruptcy on Monday, June 1 in New York, much of the focus was on the continued loss of jobs, impact on the overall health of the US economy, and the Obama Administration’s plan for the US automotive industry going forward. In our last post we looked at the auto industry suppliers as a whole – here we dig into the suppliers most impacted by the collapse of GM.
August 5th, 2008 by Alex Coté
Let’s play a little game called “Who Would Win in a Match-Up.” If your choices were online video sites YouTube or Veoh, I’m confident that an overwhelming number of you would choose YouTube for the win. Let’s try BMW versus Mercedes-Benz. Hmm, that one’s not quite as clear cut, is it? Now, how about the [...]
July 11th, 2008 by Alex Coté
In the context of business information, we’ve talked lately about how information wants to be free, yet structured, but what about doing that for all content? Google immediately comes to mind. Google created the ultimate database based on the simplest of missions: “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful“. One of [...]
April 9th, 2008 by Cortera
I don’t think anyone can argue that the world needs better insights into the traits and behavior of businesses. What does this company do? Will they buy our products and services? How much could they buy? What do our best customers look like? How can we get them to buy more? Should we extend them [...]
