LinkedIn’s Outlook Falls Short; Brings Stock Down 11% After Hours


It isn’t so easy anymore for social media companies to delight investors. A day after Twitter‘s quarterly results prompted investors to hit the “Sell” button, LinkedIn weighed in with a cautious...

Amazon: Still A Charity For Consumers Funded By Investors?


Roughly a year ago, after Amazon came out with its 2012 earnings report, Slate columnist Matthew Yglesias called Amazon ”a charitable organization being run by elements of the investment...

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...
    






Yahoo Looks More Like Gannett Than Google After The Alibaba Stake Is Accounted For


You might think this is slightly harsh but an analysis of Yahoo by the Wall Street Journal suggests that underneath the hood, after we’ve accounted for the Alibaba stake, the company is more like...