The cleantech rhetoric features in every career move these days. Shai Agassi recently quit the run for the CEO job at SAP to pursue greener pastures. Sass Somekh quit as the President of Novellus to focus on alternative energy. And John Doerr seems to have abandoned his previous pet cause, Education, in favor of cleantech.
A key partnership Selco has recently achieved is with Sewa Bank. This will not only provide access to additional microfinancing, but will also provide access to more customers in a very efficient manner. SM: Let me ask you a bit more about the Sewa Bank partnership opportunity. What does it offer and how will you
In April 2007, Yahoo! entered in an alliance with McClatchy for online advertising. Yahoo! already has an agreement with a consortium of 12 newspapers and the current deal represents more than 264 newspapers across 44 states. McClatchy has discarded its plans of setting up a similar online ad partnership with Gannett and Tribune and decided
SM: Are you getting the visibility at the right level of executive sponsorship at these large media companies? RF: I can tell you there are a lot of very senior folks at Washington Post that I have personally met. Beyond just them, deciding to build a network is a very important decision for a brand.
By Dominique Trempont, Guest Author Why do strategies fail? How do CEOs ensure that things they want done get done? Most of the time, strategies fail because they are not executed well. It is because there is a gap between what the CEO wants to achieve and the ability and priorities of his or her organization
In the next phase of the interview, I look to understand where Selco earns its revenues and how it plans to finance its growth. It is interesting to see the mix of social venture funds along with private foundations. SM: Of the 80,000 installations completed, have they paid you one-time fees, or do you go
In our earlier series, Newspapers: Industry in Turmoil, we missed to cover Scripps. The E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps) is a $2.5 billion diverse media company engaged in the publishing of newspapers, broadcast television, interactive media, licensing and syndication. The Company has 5 business segments – Scripps Networks, Broadcast Television, Newspapers, Interactive Media and United
We’re talking about large media companies and their assets: readership / traffic, brand, channels, advertiser relationships, sales forces, and inventory. Why should old media just concede the battle to Google and Yahoo, with so many great assets? SM: Not only do they have great sales forces and good relationships with advertisers, but they also have