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If You Had to Double Your Business Next Year, What Would You Do?

With 2006 quickly approaching, many companies are in the midst of thinking about "what's next." Whether it's new customer acquisition plans, or accelerating profits, or displacing an emerging competitor, the pace and magnitude of success lies in clear thinking and planning now. The words planning and thinking sometimes imply "slow down," but in reality the pace of business is ever -- increasing and we need to figure out how to cause market momentum. Not slower, but faster.

Between A Hammer and the Anvil: Microsoft Gets More Aggressive

Any successful company in the tech industry eventually ends up competing against Microsoft in one way or another. But recently we've noted a rising tide of competitive action by Microsoft across much of our client base, all at once. In segment after segment -- including financial software, antivirus, wireless e-mail, and graphics -- Microsoft is making aggressive new pushes to displace the established leaders. If you're facing one of these assaults, you may feel like you're being targeted individually, but the context is that Microsoft is trying to increase its growth by targeting many places at once. We think that now most of the antitrust complaints against Microsoft have been settled, it feels freer to be aggressive. And the company's delayed delivery of new products has made it especially hungry for quick revenue growth.

Raising Entrepreneurs

An article in the December 2005, Inc Magazine talked about how to raise entrepreneurs. Here are a few great ideas that can be applied to kids or ourselves.

How to Add [more] Value as a Remarkable Executive!

How do you become a world-class executive? You're a proven business leader, with respected subject matter expertise. But are you viewed as a key executive to the organization? Does your CEO or Board trust you to provide input on, and champion, the issues most crucial to your firm's long-term success? Do you know what it takes to get there? Is it about increased skills and competencies, or about style and attributes to break the glass ceiling, or even about better networking so you increase your sponsorship within the organization? Or is it something else? What makes you more than good, what makes you remarkable?

Video Use In Education

According to market research recently completed by Rubicon Consulting, video editing currently represents the fasting growing category of software sold into Education. More and more schools are producing videos, with even middle schools often broadcasting live announcement shows via in-school cable systems. Most new school construction now includes dedicated video studios for use by students and faculty. Despite all of these signs of impending breakout, Rubicon estimates that only five percent of K-12 teachers currently use video creation in their classes, so the market remains a very early one at this point. This white paper analyzes the current situation, some best practices for adoption and offers projections for what is next.

Is the Mobile Market Ripe for the Pick'n?

Questions software executives must answer if they expect to stay on top of the rapidly emerging mobile market space. Lately, it seems you can't swing a PDA or Smart Phone without hitting a business or trade publication article that contains the word "Mobile."

Is the Mobile Market Ripe for the Pick’n?

Questions software executives must answer if they expect to stay on top of the rapidly emerging mobile market space. Lately, it seems you can't swing a PDA or Smart Phone without hitting a business or trade publication article that contains the word "Mobile."

Sequoia VC Evangelizes 'AskJeeves Meets Google' Market Trend

Mark Kvamme, one of the true blue-bloods of Silicon Valley, recently shared his take on what will fuel the next wave of technology innovations. Mark, as some of you might know is the former CEO of CKS, and is a current partner at Sequoia Capital, focusing on the same markets as Rubicon, the Software and Services space. His premise is this: content will drive the next wave of technology innovation, because organizations fail to access 90% of the content in their organization.

Sequoia VC Evangelizes ‘AskJeeves Meets Google’ Market Trend

Mark Kvamme, one of the true blue-bloods of Silicon Valley, recently shared his take on what will fuel the next wave of technology innovations. Mark, as some of you might know is the former CEO of CKS, and is a current partner at Sequoia Capital, focusing on the same markets as Rubicon, the Software and Services space. His premise is this: content will drive the next wave of technology innovation, because organizations fail to access 90% of the content in their organization.