In my first post on this blog, I mentioned that I had taken on a full-time sales role for the first time. Every one of you should consider a role [ … ]
Category: Alan
Thank you Plaxo: You synchronize my life
For years I have wanted this service. Some promised, but no one delivered. And now along comes Plaxo. I remember Plaxo a bit in the same way that I remember [ … ]
Question for you: Corporate Blogs
I mentioned earlier that my company has a blog. So, what’s new about that? Well, like many things, there are good blogs, bad blogs, and good and bad corporate blogs. [ … ]
How different people handle change
As a Product Manager, you are required to deal with all parts of the company, from marketing to development to finance to operations to the executive team; you need to [ … ]
Starbucks and iTunes: The new click-and-mortar channel for music?
I wasn’t fortunate enough to be in Seattle or New York today, the initial two cities selected for the launch of the iTunes / Starbucks wifi store. The news is [ … ]
Waiter: SE, Salesperson, or Product Manager?
Often when I am eating out, I ask the waiter for a recommendation. And so often the response is the same: the waiter responds by telling me what she prefers. [ … ]
Good PR or another bad pricing move?
If things come in three, I’m expecting another example of bad pricing policy to come my way in the next 24 hours. I just finished writing about how my shoe [ … ]
Honey, I bought the Phone. Confessions from the Cambridge Apple Store.
I have a perfectly good Blackberry 8200 series, but I’ve been waiting for a chance to hit the Apple store to check out the iPhone. If you’ve been reading our [ … ]
Value-based pricing
One day last week, my sandals broke. One of the straps just came undone at the seams. These were pretty nice sandals; I got them on sale for $75, but [ … ]
Here’s the deal with Biz Dev (Part I)
Saeed has posted two fairly provocative items about business development. (Here are the first and the second.) Frankly, Saeed, you’re not following your own advice. To paraphrase you, “Enough with [ … ]