Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 5)

Our next segment of the interview is an incredible story where a small company of 10 takes on Microsoft, and wins. Philippe discusses his business strategy and how he was able to guide cc:Mail to success.

Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 4)

Continuing on with the interview, Philippe takes charge of cc:Mail.

Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 3)

In this third portion of the interview, Philippe discusses his move to the US, and his progression there. He joins Thompson CGR, and encounters more of the cultural difficulties he thought he had left behind in France. We learn about his successes and the role he played in raising cancer awareness!

Serial Entrepreneur: Philippe Courtot (Part 2)

In the next portion of the interview, we examine Philippe’s educational background. This is particularly interesting if you recall that this is during the rebuilding phase after WWII, and set in that context. We also examine his initial jobs out of college and the cultural limitations he encountered, which fanned the fire in him.

Dell’s Turnaround Formula

Last night, we were at a HBS event honoring Charles Schwab for the magnificent turnaround that he has instituted since his return as the CEO of the company he had founded thirty years back. Today’s news proclaims the return of Michael Dell to the CEO spot at Dell, replacing Kevin Rollins. Interesting development, although, my

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Yahoo’s New Entertainment Move

Yahoo will create 100 branded entertainment destinations around major brands like Harry Potter, Nintendo Wii, etc. (NY Times) Very recently, I wrote 4C: Yahoo’s Turnaround Formula, criticizing them for having haphazard offerings with no segmentation. This announcement addresses some of my points, in that they are actually tying together various disjointed and haphazard properties around

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Palm’s Turnaround Formula

With the iPhone announcement, we enter an era when all the other smartphone providers need to now sit up and define their own clear positioning and path forward. With Steve Jobs working his PR machine, and the media lapping up the show and tell, it is imperative that Palm, for instance, decides where it goes

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The Yahoo! Turnaround Formula

Red Herring included the possibility of a buy-out of Yahoo! this year among its top predictions. ‘Business Week’ rated Terry Semel recently as one of the highest paid chief executives with one of the worst returns to shareholders. And yet, I have said it for a long time, that Yahoo! is a superbly underleveraged asset

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