Tag: business
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Link: WhatsApp founder says to delete Facebook
“Acton, who is worth $6.5 billion” Original source: WhatsApp founder says to delete Facebook
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Link: Uber Spent $10.7 Billion in Nine Years. Does It Have Enough to Show for It?
“Amazon.com Inc. is famous for its losses over the years. But even in the heyday of the dot-com bubble, the e-commerce giant never came close. Amazon’s biggest loss was in 2000—a $1.4 billion embarrassment, or about $2 billion adjusted for inflation. Most years, Amazon turns a profit, albeit a small one. What Uber backers can…
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Link: How a holding company that sold pool chemicals pivoted into a $20B coffee empire
“In recent years, JAB has quietly plunked down majority stakes in some of the biggest coffee brands in the world, including Keurig ($13.9B), Peet’s Coffee ($974m), Stumptown, Intelligentsia, and the Caribou Coffee Company. JAB also bought out coffee-related food chains like Krispy Kreme ($1.35B) and Panera Bread ($7.5B), and put up $18.7B for soft drink…
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Link: Worldwide SMB IT Spending to Pass $600 Billion in 2018, Driven by Mid-Market Demand for Software and Services, According to IDC
For companies under 1,000 people, IDC “forecasts total IT spending by small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to be nearly $602 billion in 2018, an increase of 4.9% over 2017. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7% for the 2016-2021 forecast period, spending by businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees on IT hardware, software,…
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Link: The Improbable Rise of the Daily News Podcast
Turns out there’s money in enclosure tags. Who knew? “In recent weeks, The Daily announced that it was becoming a national radio show. In doing so, it proved that scale can generate millions of dollars in new revenue, as well as (potentially) a hugely valuable spot on the national FM radio dial. That radio slot,…
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Link: Yes, DevOps is all about business growth, especially the digital variety
Vendor survey, but whatever: “A survey of 1,300 executives just released by CA Technologies and Freeform Dynamics finds that while 75 percent recognize that these approaches drive significant business success when implemented together, only a relatively small proportion – about one in five – consider the consistency, depth and breadth of usage of these practices…
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Link: Trump’s Tariff Plan Leaves Blue-Collar Winners and Losers
“The mills and smelters that supply the raw material, and that would directly benefit from the tariffs, have been shrinking for years. Today, those industries employ fewer than 200,000 people. The companies that buy steel and aluminum, to make everything from trucks to chicken coops, employ more than 6.5 million workers, according to a Heritage…
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Link: How Tech Companies Became a Political Force
“When tech leaders prophesy a utopia of connectedness and freely flowing information, they do so as much out of self-interest as belief. Rather than a decentralized, democratic public square, the internet has given us a surveillance state monopolized by a few big players. That may puzzle technological determinists, who saw in networked communications the promise…
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Link: Warren Buffett reveals more details about healthcare venture with JPMorgan and Amazon
“We have got a huge, competitive disadvantage in American businesses, far more important than any tax change, in terms of our healthcare costs.” Original source: Warren Buffett reveals more details about healthcare venture with JPMorgan and Amazon
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Link: Why Are We Still Talking About the ‘Millennial Problem’ in the Workfor
“All the ‘demands’ millennials have that people think are so outrageous are things everyone wants–work/life balance, recognition when they do a good job, a sense of purpose–this is all stuff managers should be giving to their employees, anyway,” says Michael Greer, a digital marketing consultant who has led employee training and development initiatives for over…
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Link: Will UK lose global business and tech leader status post-Brexit?
‘James Governor, Analyst at RedMonk said: “Brexit will be the biggest systemic shock to British business in the more than 70 years. The scale of change will require an unprecedented investment in IT, with in-house application development becoming more important than ever to deal with complexity.”’ Original source: Will UK lose global business and tech…
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Link: Brexit could see UK lose status as global business leader
“The study also suggests that software might be the solution to these upcoming problems. Almost all (93 per cent) of CIOs and 84 per cent of ITDMs have said that the ability to create their own software is essential for preparing an organisation for the effects of Brexit.” Original source: Brexit could see UK lose…
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Link: The State of the Cloud Industry in 2018
“We believe good companies grow from $1 million to $10 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in four years, but the best companies can do it in just two years.” Original source: The State of the Cloud Industry in 2018
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Link: The dangers of faith in data
“Faith in data grows in relation to your distance from the collection of it.” And other traps of getting too much confidence in data driven decisions. Original source: The dangers of faith in data
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Link: The great experiment
I don’t really understand much of this, as usual, but it’s one of the rare economic pieces that I feel like I kinda get. Original source: The great experiment
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Link: New Relic CEO Lew Cirne – “Digital is the new front door” for business
“For its third quarter non-GAAP operating income was $2.7 million compared to an operating loss of $4.9 million for the same period last year. Revenue was $91.8 million for the third quarter, up 35% year-over-year.” Original source: New Relic CEO Lew Cirne – “Digital is the new front door” for business
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Link: The big tech backlash | Technology | The Guardian
Original source: The big tech backlash | Technology | The Guardian
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Link: Strong financial results from Microsoft as it aims for breadth of services
“strong results such as these show how the company can succeed by continuing to migrate its business users to cloud services. It remains deeply embedded in business computing” Original source: Strong financial results from Microsoft as it aims for breadth of services
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Link: America’s bias against working moms comes down to one question: Do you value your female employees or not?
Based on a 2013 survey, but still, fucked up: “According to Pew, some 40% of Americans believe it is bad for society if women work, despite the fact that 40% of American households are supported by female breadwinners.” Original source: America’s bias against working moms comes down to one question: Do you value your female…
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Link: IoT and the end of business as usual
“if today’s business leaders want to use their influence to promote this society they are so optimistic about, then they need to take the steps necessary to get us there. And that means moving beyond magical thinking and taking a long-term view.” Original source: IoT and the end of business as usual
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