I think we’ve all known people who have an obsession. In my business, it’s usually substances or sex. The causes of your own obsessions are usually hard enough to discover, and finding out why someone else has obsessions is next to impossible outside of the professional setting. Manifestations of obsessive behavior, however, are usually pretty […]

A few months ago, I speculated that Google was using its interpretation of the DMCA as a tool to shakedown content owners tired of the pain of chasing infringing videos off of YouTube. There is a news story today that gives some insight into Google’s negotiations with Viacom: Google will only agree to protect copyrighted […]

The math is actually quite simple and consists of the following bright and shiny objects: Revenue, Costs and Profits. The general idea is to keep revenue high, costs low and profits at least in line with your industry or preferably better. This is also known as the “hey, idiot” school of business or the 5 […]