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Goldman Screws Zipcar
Here in Boston we are proud of being innovators. And we have also gotten very green in a hurry. One of the biggest success stories in recent years has been the car-sharing company Zipcar. Rather than...
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Why I Reported Facebook to the FBI
Why sell your wares on a street corner when you can actively cold call prospective buyers of sexual services on a site like Facebook? I’ve reported crimes to the FBI before. This one was different. In...
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The Quality Chronicles: The Bug That Killed an IPO
In a world of “Better, Faster, Cheaper” Ken Goldstein reminds us that Quality Assurance is a process not a department. The recent “failed IPO” of BATS has to be a cautionary tale. This wasn’t just a...
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Facebook After the IPO
“Facebook aims to build community, which is noble, but it really wins on narcissism, that’s their secret sauce, and it’s primal.” Ken Goldstein looks at what Facebook must do to continue towards...
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Facebook IPO Shows What is Wrong with U.S.
Before I get into my rant, let’s back up. All the way. Our economy is sputtering. We are still mired in unemployment and slow/no growth. We have vast and growing economic disparity between rich and...
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D’oh! Top 5 Things My Father Got Wrong
Jamie Reidy, in honor of Father’s Day, lists the top 5 pieces of bad advice his father gave him. This week on the GMP, writers are crying all over their keyboards as they gush over the life-changing,...
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Built to Launch?
Ken Goldstein talks about the difference between a good IPO and a good company: the people that choose to stay. This article originally appeared at Corporate Intelligence Radio. I aspire in this post...
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The Feeling of Speed
When Tom Matlack invested in a tech company other VC’s had left for dead, he had no idea how much it would bring him back to life. I huddled in an upstairs hallway, the phone receiver pinned to my...
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