Tom Davenport explains why Enterprise Web 2.0 won't take off, but I think he misunderstands what it would be used for. No one thinks that all employees have equally good ideas about how to run the company. The point is to use processes that do allow good ideas to filter to the top, regardless of where they came from.
Fortune wonders if Siberia will be the next Silicon Valley.
Sarah Tavel writes about the venture capital process when you are outside the valley.
Selling products by word of mouth has benefits and pitfalls.
The venom of crowds - what to do when you are attacked online.
Entrepreneur magazine has the top 10 sales killers.
Other recent stories
Roger Ehrenberg writes about how Apple uses excess cash as a strategic tool.
Jeffrey Pfeffer defends bosses from hell.
Charlie O'Donnell says that investment due diligence sucks, and highlights the true complexity that underlies most business decisions.
The Carnival of Entrepreneurship is up.
New…
Kevin Rollins is out at Dell, and Michael Dell is back as CEO. Rollins always struck me as the right guy to turn around the company. Obviously I was wrong. It will be interesting to watch and see what Dell…
CareerJournal has recommended reading on the lives of great leaders.
Dr. Jeff Cornwall writes about bringing religion into work.
Fred Wilson stresses the importance of saying no, for entrepreneurs.
WorkInProgress says that resumes are "so five minutes ago."
Bloggers who would rather link to…
Interesting links I've been reading...
A clock for procrastinators - it runs fast, but fluctuates so that you never know if it's 10 minutes or 1 minute ahead.
The five deadly sins of social media. Is marketing becoming more honest, or more…
Some interesting links from around the web...
Laurence Haughton on where Nardelli went wrong.
Is Neuroeconomics science, or science fiction?
Wallstrip interviews one of my favorite bloggers - Michelle Leder of FootNoted.
The journal Nature has given up on open source peer review. Apparently,…
Can you make money in the long tail?
Jory Des Jardin writes about the "entrepreneurial sin" of postponing joy.
If you are starting a business, does it help or hurt to have a partner?
If close friends don't really know our preferences, should…
Some interesting links from around the web...
Forbes presents a special report on CEO compensation.
Chief Executive is praising Donald Trump for walking out on an Ali G interview. I'm not a big Trump fan, but it shows the guy is smarter…
Some interesting stuff from around the web...
US Airways bids $8 billion for Delta. I think the airline industry has lousy economics, but once you are in, maybe it makes sense to merge and strive for operational efficiencies.
StartupJournal chronicles a company…
Things you may have missed around the web...
The Wall Street Journal claims that Oregon's minimum wage hike didn't have the disastrous effects predicted.
Businessweek looks at Cyworld as a competitor to Myspace.
Mark Cuban has the inside scoop on what really went…
I haven't done a link dump in awhile, so here are some posts you might like to read.
Branded fingernails? I'm not sure I like anything enough to have this done. Ok, maybe Rolling Rock, but not much else.
In you-mean-you-needed-a-study-to-learn-that news,…
Warren Buffett is auctioning off his old Lincoln Town Car.
Director Mitch discusses going to bat for your people, and looks at a situation with a bureaucratic catch-22.
Some people are saying the minimum wage no longer matters.
Are entrepreneurs people with good…
I'll be driving back to Kentucky today, so here's a link dump of interesting stuff I read on Commercebucket this past week. Don't forget to submit your best posts to the site.
There is increasing support to block companies like Walmart…
I've taken to posting all the stuff I find interesting but don't have time to blog at Commercebucket. There are several regular posters already, and some interesting content. Here is just a sampling of interesting/controversial stuff I read this past…
Here is some stuff you should read that I don't have time to comment on because I'm working on a longer post that is driving me nuts. It's one of those that may end up never getting published. We'll see.…
