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Black Belt Mindset PowerPOD Interview with Host Jim Bouchard Now Available
Released today, my interview from the end of November as a guest on Jim Bouchard’s Think Like a Black Belt PowerPOD was released today. As is always the case when I get together with Jim whether having him as a guest on the PI Window on Business Show or working behind the scenes as the […]
Foreign and Domestic Capital Investment: A Matter of Opportunity Versus Choice
December 4, 2009
This paper addresses an important omission in the venture capital literature by comparing the monitoring behavior of foreign and domestic venture capital firms (VCs). Evidence from 31 VCs in India (84% response) shows foreign VCs were significantly more likely than domestic VCs to be involved at the strategic level while domestic VCs were significantly more […]
Book Lovers Cafe: “Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds (Confessions of a Blog Talk Radio Host)”
December 4, 2009
I very much enjoyed the opportunity to appear as a guest on Denise Dyer’s Hold the Vision Radio Show this morning, to talk about my book Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds (Confessions of a Blog Talk Radio Host). I know that you will enjoy it as well.
Today’s Zycus Webinar on eSourcing 2.0 is here! was interesting, yet it did not tell the whole story
December 3, 2009
Like most professionals in my field I receive endless invitations to attend conferences, webinars and store openings. As a result one has to be selective in terms of which invites they will accept otherwise, and like the frequency of corporate golf tournaments during the dot.com boom – I actually reached the point of being able […]
The CATA Press Release RE Their 116 Campaign: A Just Cause Lost in a Sea of Self-Serving Rhetoric
December 1, 2009
Canada’s venture capital industry is in trouble. That industry is seriously underfunded, while Canada’s emerging technology and life sciences companies are so capital-starved they risk being uncompetitive in the North American market. At the same time, much needed and sought after US capital that could richly fund that industry and those companies is being blocked […]
PI Window on Business Celebrates 75th Broadcast With Special Anniversary Offer
November 30, 2009
It is hard to believe that the December 3rd segment titled “Motivating Ideals: How to Engage and Ignite Your Company’s Workforce” will be our 75th show. What is the old saying about time flying by when you are having fun. Over the first 75 segments there have been so many great moments such […]
Motivating Ideals: How to Engage and Ignite Your Company’s Workforce
November 27, 2009
Taking another page out of Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, where he highlights a number of corporate myths, his research found (and I quote); “Companies that make the change from good to great have no name for their transformation – and absolutely no program. They neither rant nor rave about a crisis – and […]
The Community Marketing Blog’s Blog-off #2 Competition with $45K in Prizes
November 25, 2009
For those of you who found my October 15th “The Power of the Blog” post interesting, I thought that I would share with you the details for a high profile competition known as Blog-off #2 which features amongst many benefits a $45,000 total prize package for the winners. If you are a blogger and have […]
Snakes in a Playpen: Why U.S. Policy Regarding H-1B and EB-5 Visas is Outdated and Ineffective
November 22, 2009
In an earlier post from the spring I had talked about the manner in which inspiration usually hit me in terms of ideas for the articles that ultimately find their way to the pages of this as well as other blogs. I had bemoaned the fact that at the time I had not yet incorporated […]
The Lords of Discipline: A Journey of Self Discovery and Shared Experiences (Guest Profile, Neil Ducoff)
November 21, 2009
As reported in my November 20th post, Jim Bouchard will be appearing for the first time as a Guest Host on the December 4th PI Window on Business Show. Joining Jim to offer their unique perspectives on life and the discipline it takes to succeed are three equally inspirational individuals whose understanding and candor will […]
Procurement Insights 
December 7, 2009
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