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Archive for November, 2009

The Growth of Business Networks

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Networking as a means of making contacts has always been a vital component of  any business model. Chambers of commerce and associations such as ISME, while essentially lobbying groups, have a long history of providing the structures to facilitate this.
There are others. Since the recession began to kick in many, many more have sprung up [...]

The effects of armed forces service

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Vincent joined the Reserve Defence Forces, or FCA as it was then, when he was 17. Why he didn’t join the regular army I never asked. While all things military were his passion, perhaps he seen a better living to be made in business. And he has had many businesses down the years, most recently [...]

Cartoon Industry Undergoes Dramatic Changes

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

I recently interviewed D. Chip Monke, Children’s Cartoon Industry analyst with Gartner.  Monke’s research confirms what many have suspected for some time now – dramatic changes are taking place and more is to come.
Given the current state of the global economy this is not unexpected.  The cartoon industry is not exempt. Indeed, nor are it’s [...]

Now. Where was I?

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Oh yeah. I was away.
Okay. Away is putting it lightly. I now realise I haven’t touched this blog since July 1. Funny that – I thought my last post was about 6 weeks ago. Serves me right for messing with the space-time continuum.
So what was I up to? Bugger all of interest really. Work mainly. [...]

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