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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. Unable to confirm if my proposed approach was correct, he indicated that he would have to check with his SEC group and that ‘someone’ would get back to me. from the Wharton School.

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Taking Silicon Valley’s Innovation Message to Washington: A Special Event on Cyber Security at the National Press Club June 25th Sponsored by the Security Innovation Network

Pascal's View

  Through Levensohn Venture Partners' involvement as the lead venture sponsor of the IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF) since its inception in 2007, and through my personal initiatives advocating public policy solutions to address cyber security issues, I have had some positive impact in increasing awareness of this problem. 

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Is it disrespectful to imply that the founders, executives, VC-backers, and the boards of these companies are gullible or naive?

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