Articles by Steve Harmon

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Facebook’s IPO: What’s Its Game?

As Facebook prepares for an IPO of its stock that may value the company at US$100 billion, it's important to know what sport it's in and if, like the Chicago Bulls with Jordan, dynasties can last Michael Jordan was probably the best basketball player to play the game of hoop. He averaged 30 points per game in his career and did things on the court ...

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Jerry Yang and Yahoo’s Humble Beginnings

Jerry Yang is no longer "Chief Yahoo." He left Yahoo after 17 years.That's the news most people read or hear. Most people don't know Jerry or his approach. Let me share a personal story In 1995, I first met Jerry at Yahoo. this was before the company waspublic and before anyone really cared much at all about "the Internet."First thing I noticed wer...

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Retail Autopsy: What Killed Borders, Circuit City and Hollywood Video

The Borders near me closed the other month. Wasn't surprising. Ditto forCircuit City. Gone. A few years prior to that it was Hollywood Video thatrolled its end credits The problem is, none of them had to go. They each died of self-inflictedwounds....

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Groupon, LivingSocial and the Holy Grail of Commerce

The market for local commerce has been the holy grail for Internet companies since the dawn of the modem. However, that market has been more like "Monty Python And The Holy Grail." Until now....

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Elephant Rampage Ahead: SoLoMo Loose and Gaining Ground

O sole mio? How about SoLoMo? Time for some new jargon in the massive local commerce space that's emerging. Forecasters are trying desperately to get a handle on the pending collision between social, local and mobile media, referred to as "SoLoMo." The part that most of them forget is the reality check. I hate hype and you do also, right? Even underhyped...

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