by Pete Abilla on November 16, 2006
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn After about 3 months in the process, we’ve finally adopted a healthy 7lb 2oz, 20 inch baby boy. The adoption process was an experience — a lot of waiting time, over-processing, and really full of waste, and a lot of joy also. It’s [...]
by Pete Abilla on November 16, 2006
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Most organizations collect and report on metrics that are not descriptive of their processes. Some of you may have noticed that most metrics that are reported are the “average” or the “median”. Most people do not understand elementary statistics and their application to [...]
by Pete Abilla on November 14, 2006
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn While I was with Amazon, Bezos always made a point to say that Amazon wasn’t an e-tailer: Amazon was a software company. He drove this point home at almost every company event. Along with the “Amazon is a software company” mantra was his [...]
by Pete Abilla on November 14, 2006
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn This is one of the most ingenious Rebranding efforts I’ve yet seen. Kentucky Fried Chicken recently unveiled their new logo, which puts an emphasis on Colonel Sanders, who is wearing a red apron, to emphasize that he was a person and the chef [...]
by Pete Abilla on November 13, 2006
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn The Business Plan Archive has some really interesting information. In concert with the Library of Congress, the Archive collects old business plans and items related to entrepreneurship. In their words: In partnership with the Library of Congress, the Center for History and New [...]