Tweet May I call it the expert business? There are coaches of all varieties, from business to life to style, to executive and leadership and others. And management consultants, planning consultants, strategy consultants, marketing consultants, public relations consultants, etc. It’s kind of like a zoo (no offense intended). MORE >>

Tweet The other shoe dropping: Business Insider posted This Company Will Expose All Your Most Embarrassing Online Moments a few days ago. It’s about a service company that helps employers by doing a social-media online background check on a potential employee. Sorry, I forget its name, I’d like to mention it. MORE >>

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Social media darling Twitter is the most fragile of these bubbles. Overconfidence. Supply and demand ignored. MORE >>

“if I have a marketing plan, do I need (or want) a business plan too?” And so is its opposite question too, “if I have a business plan, do I also need (or want) a marketing plan?”. As for a lot of these planning questions, you’re going to get different answers from different people. Good question. MORE >>

Of course two heads are better than one, but developers traditionally work in isolation, mainly because there's a dearth of tools which help teams bridge the social gap of an ocean, integrate with incumbent? Of course it's  not that simple, and many business plans I've seen (unintentionally) omit many of the true costs of acquisition. MORE >>