Ditch ‘Dogs Of The Dow’ – The Mutts Have Bad Genes, Improper Breeding and False Papers


The ‘Dogs of the Dow’ reasoning sounds sensible, the process is simple and the result are being reported as proof that it works. However, appearances are not what they seem. The basis (genes) is...
    






11 Reasons 2014 Will Be A Break-Out Year For Women Entrepreneurs


While women in the upper echelons of corporate America are singing the same old  tune, “Still No Progress After Years of No Progress,” female entrepreneurs have something to rejoice about it. The...
    






Does Obamacare Deserve Credit For Slowing The Growth In Health Care Spending?


The annual report of from the actuaries over at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is out for 2012 and, for the fourth year running, the news is surprisingly good. Total healthcare...
    






The 5 Reasons Big Companies Struggle With Innovation


As I have been doing startup consulting at Red Rocket, I have also had many executive conversations with several big companies.  These companies were anywhere from $150MM to $25BN in revenues in size...
    






What a Year for Entrepreneurs!


Please note that Dr. Shulman is a principal in several investment advisory companies, both SEC-registered and private. In this capacity Dr. Shulman advises SEC-registered mutual funds as well as...
    






The End Of The Line For Freemium File Sharing?


Technology firms looking to enter a market space and unseat incumbent vendors with strong existing relationships to customers have long adopted a bottom-up freemium approach. Essentially the theory...
    






How An Artist And A Dancer Saved An American City


Culver City, once the heart of California’s movie industry, was dying just a decade ago.  The downtown was decaying.  It had become a sleepy commuter town.  Today, however, people have proclaimed it...
    






A Repentant Rap Genius Hacks Its Way Back Into Google


The founders of the lyric annotation site Rap Genius received a Christmas present from Google. After the “Rap Genius blog affiliate program” was discussed by Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s Webspam...