Archive for March, 2004

Be a Conference Commando

Be a Conference Commando
Keith Ferrazzi offers some tips on making the most of your time at this year's Inc. 500 event being held this week. His advice can help you make your time at the Read More...

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On March 30th, 2004

Jeff Meshel : "The Power in the Room"

(Following are my notes on Jeff Meshel's recent talk on "how to network")
Jeff Meshel CEO, Mercury Capitalat International Executives Resource Group (IERGOnline)3/16/04
Three lines of business at Mercury Capital Bridge lender to real estate sector Buy & operate Read More...

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On March 29th, 2004

Brokerage firms' research is more optimistic than that of the major investment banks

Counterintuitively, I just read a Harvard study which found:

We find that analysts at firms with underwriting and trading businesses are actually less optimistic than those at pure brokerage houses, who perform no underwriting. The relatively less optimistic forecasts for underwriting firms are not fully explained by bank reputation. Nor is the relative optimism of brokerage Read More...

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On March 28th, 2004

Inc.com | Trash Talkin' the Competition

Inc.com's Trash Talkin': No one likes to admit it, but bashing the competition is part of doing business.
I particularly like the 'ventriloquist strategy'.
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040301/sales.html
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On March 23rd, 2004

Compensation and Stock Option information

Leadership DecisionWorks has some Stock Option information, particularly useful if you are negotiating compensation issues.

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On March 22nd, 2004