Archive for October, 2006
Google’s Acquisitions: A Timeline
Update [11/07/2006]: I created another timeline mashup that shows all M&A activity completed by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo acquisition all over-layed on the same timeline, from 2001 to Present. You can find that here:
Update [11/07/2006]: I created another timeline mashup that shows all M&A activity completed by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo acquisition all over-layed on the same timeline, from 2001 to Present. You can find that here:
Travel Time & Waste
This post is part of a series on Queueing Theory. The other articles can be found here:
- Queueing Theory: Part 1
- Queueing Theory: Part 2
- Queueing Theory: Part 3
- Queueing Theory: Part 4
- What is Waste?
- On Time-Traps and Waste
- Call Centers as Queueing Systems
- Travel Time & Waste
- Little’s Law for Product Development
This post is part of a series on Queueing Theory. The other articles can be found here:
- Queueing Theory: Part 1
- Queueing Theory: Part 2
- Queueing Theory: Part 3
- Queueing Theory: Part 4
- What is Waste?
- On Time-Traps and Waste
- Call Centers as Queueing Systems
- Travel Time & Waste
- Little’s Law for Product Development
Muay Thai Workout
I’m starting my Muay Thai workout on Wednesday. I have a heavy bag and speed bag at home that I just put together — my wife bought me a really nice bag stand — she’s the best. Here’s my schedule (Monday, Wednesday, & Friday):
I’m starting my Muay Thai workout on Wednesday. I have a heavy bag and speed bag at home that I just put together — my wife bought me a really nice bag stand — she’s the best. Here’s my schedule (Monday, Wednesday, & Friday):
Digg Interactive Timeline
I built this Ajaxy, Draggable Digg Interactive Timeline earlier today. It doesn’t have all the critical events surrounding Digg, but it’s a start. If you know of any critical events that I don’t have (there’s a lot that I don’t have documented below), please send them to me. I just need the event and approximate date. Enjoy!
I built this Ajaxy, Draggable Digg Interactive Timeline earlier today. It doesn’t have all the critical events surrounding Digg, but it’s a start. If you know of any critical events that I don’t have (there’s a lot that I don’t have documented below), please send them to me. I just need the event and approximate date. Enjoy!
Jack Welch & The Boston Globe, Final Chapter
Previously in Part 1 and Part 2, we discussed the possibility of Jack Welch acquiring The Boston Globe. We’ve discussed several things Jack might do, if the deal goes through. All of which, has to do with the Profit Tree model, which is below:
Previously in Part 1 and Part 2, we discussed the possibility of Jack Welch acquiring The Boston Globe. We’ve discussed several things Jack might do, if the deal goes through. All of which, has to do with the Profit Tree model, which is below:
Disambiguating “Google”
In graduate school, I did a research project in industrial linguistics. My project was to tackle the word-sense disambiguation problem. Basically, words are uttered descriptors, each of which has a context — a sense. For example, the word “bank” can be taken as a financial institution, whereas “bank” can also be understood as a the side of a river. The concepts of context, nearest-neighbors, and bayesian statistics come into play when discussing problem in the realm of computational linguistics. It is truly fascinating stuff.
In graduate school, I did a research project in industrial linguistics. My project was to tackle the word-sense disambiguation problem. Basically, words are uttered descriptors, each of which has a context — a sense. For example, the word “bank” can be taken as a financial institution, whereas “bank” can also be understood as a the side of a river. The concepts of context, nearest-neighbors, and bayesian statistics come into play when discussing problem in the realm of computational linguistics. It is truly fascinating stuff.
Jack Welch & The Boston Globe, Part 2
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The other parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Previously in Part 1, we discussed the Profit Tree for the newspaper print industry, which is shown below:
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The other parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Previously in Part 1, we discussed the Profit Tree for the newspaper print industry, which is shown below:
Jack Welch & The Boston Globe, Part 1
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The other parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
There’s a rumor that Jack Welch and his private equity partners might acquire The Boston Globe. When I heard this, I immediately thought of the following: if Welch bought it, how would he add value to the Globe and, consequently, how would he add value to the shareholders?
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The other parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
There’s a rumor that Jack Welch and his private equity partners might acquire The Boston Globe. When I heard this, I immediately thought of the following: if Welch bought it, how would he add value to the Globe and, consequently, how would he add value to the shareholders?
12 Questions with Kaboodle
From time to time, shmula interviews companies that are disruptive and value-adding, either in their approach to business, their business model, or in their technology. At bottom, these companies are doing something completely different and novel and are customer focused. To read about the companies featured on shmula, please go to the company interview page.
From time to time, shmula interviews companies that are disruptive and value-adding, either in their approach to business, their business model, or in their technology. At bottom, these companies are doing something completely different and novel and are customer focused. To read about the companies featured on shmula, please go to the company interview page.
Utah Deal Flow
I’m interested in the Deal Flow community of where ever I’ve lived. I’ve followed Deal Flow in Chicago, where we lived for a few years while I was in graduate school and in Southern California, where we just moved from 10 months ago.
I recently obtained access to a pretty accurate Deal Flow database for Utah. From time to time, I’ll highlight deals from that database. Here’s an interesting deal that closed in September 2006:
I’m interested in the Deal Flow community of where ever I’ve lived. I’ve followed Deal Flow in Chicago, where we lived for a few years while I was in graduate school and in Southern California, where we just moved from 10 months ago.
I recently obtained access to a pretty accurate Deal Flow database for Utah. From time to time, I’ll highlight deals from that database. Here’s an interesting deal that closed in September 2006:
