Whereto, China?

I recently had the pleasure of taking a two week academic trip to China with Babson’s MBA program, where several dozen of my classmates and I were led through Beijing, Dalian, and Shanghai by... Read more »

Cannibalization, Breakage, and Exposure: Calculating the Value of a Groupon

The humble coupon has become the epicenter of an Internet startup mania, the height of which I believe we witnessed when Groupon rejected a $6 billion buyout offer from Google last December.

In... Read more »

Takeaways from SXSW Interactive 2011: Winners, Losers, and a Remainder

The biggest challenge for a company at SXSW Interactive is getting noticed. Now drawing 17,000 registrants and with heavy-hitting corporate sponsors, there are plenty of companies that come to the event and... Read more »