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2009 Market Breakup of Total Ad Spend (Does not include...

Wed, 27 May 2009 09:49:36 -0400

2009 Market Breakup of Total Ad Spend (Does not include classified ads).

Some interesting numbers on work-life balance

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:24:30 -0400

The average middle-class family will spend $184,000 to raise a baby from birth to age 17.
Sixty percent of American parents feel considerable conflict between work and family, according to a survey by the Work and Family Institute.
The number of vacation days that go unused by American workers each year is 574 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: oprah.com

"To say this was a radical notion at first was an understatement. I lost several very good product..."

Thu, 21 May 2009 09:48:20 -0400

“To say this was a radical notion at first was an understatement. I lost several very good product marketing people who couldn’t/wouldn’t get it, or who couldn’t/wouldn’t move with the urgency I needed. But an 11% market share company wasn’t one I wanted to work in. We were gearing up to go from status quo to relentless and continuous execution, and everyone needed to be on the same team.”

- SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – “Market Type” at Work « Steve Blank

"+ Fifteen Years Online: Overall Internet Use in the United States — The percentage of Americans who..."

Tue, 19 May 2009 18:05:42 -0400

“+ Fifteen Years Online: Overall Internet Use in the United States — The percentage of Americans who use the Internet has reached 80 percent in the current Digital Future study. + Age and the Internet — Not surprisingly, Internet use increases as age decreases. The highest percentage of Internet use is among Americans under age 18. Even at higher age levels, large percentages of Americans use the Internet; for example, 40 percent of those age 66 and older go online — a level that has increased from 29 percent in 2000. + Hours per Week Online — The amount of time that Internet users spent online has grown in each year of the Digital Future studies, and has now surpassed an average of 17 hours per week. + Hours per Week Online: Light Users vs. Heavy Users — The Digital Future study found very large differences between the online hours of heavy users and light users. Light users spent an average of 2.8 hours per week online, compared to heavy users who average 42 hours a week online. + Working Computers in the Home — The percentage of homes with three or more continues to increase. Now, 24 percent of American households have at least three computers. Not surprisingly, the percentage of households with no computers continues to decline; in the current study only 15 percent of homes in America do not have a computer. + Internet Non-Users: Reasons for Not Being Online? — The most common reason for not using the Internet was “no interest” or “not useful” — cited by 30 percent of all non-users — the first time that explanation has been the most-cited reason. In second place, and close behind “lack of interest,” is “no computer” or “no Internet connection.””

- Internet Usage (U.S.) Statistics From the 2009 Digital Future Report

"This creates the scale to make mobile advertising attractive.” He said the mobile advertising..."

Tue, 19 May 2009 17:46:57 -0400

““This creates the scale to make mobile advertising attractive.” He said the mobile advertising market is expected to rise to $16.2 billion in 2011 up from $1.5 billion in 2006 and that Yahoo “would obviously love to take a large chunk of that pie”.”

- Yahoo says mobile search service reaches 600 million | Technology | Internet | Reuters

"the halal food market has exploded in the past decade and is now worth an estimated $632 billion..."

Sun, 17 May 2009 11:34:00 -0400

“the halal food market has exploded in the past decade and is now worth an estimated $632 billion annually, according to the Halal Journal, a Kuala Lumpur-based magazine. That’s about 16% of the entire global food industry. Throw in the fast-growing Islam-friendly finance sector and the myriad other products and services — cosmetics, real estate, hotels, fashion, insurance — that comply with Islamic law and the teachings of the Koran, and the sector is worth well over $1 trillion a year.
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the Islamic finance industry’s value is growing at around 15% a year, and could reach $4 trillion in five years, up from $500 billion today, according to a 2008 report from Moody’s Investors Service”

- Halal: Buying Muslim - TIME

"Nearly 70% of small businesses don’t have Web sites, says an annual survey by Verizon..."

Sun, 17 May 2009 10:46:26 -0400

“Nearly 70% of small businesses don’t have Web sites, says an annual survey by Verizon Communications. ………..
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The USA’s 5.6 million small employers are the nation’s economic engine, producing a majority of new jobs and often leading the nation into economic recovery.”

- Why Small Businesses Are Slow to Adopt the Web

"ore than one of every five American homes (20.2%) had only wireless telephones (also known as..."

Fri, 15 May 2009 16:17:15 -0400

“ore than one of every five American homes (20.2%) had only wireless telephones (also known as cellular telephones, cell phones, or mobile phones) during the second half of 2008, an increase of 2.7 percentage points since the first half of 2008.”

- Another Dying Industry - Land Telephone Lines.

"‘You know, I do know how to prepare for old age’ he said. ‘Never have a job, because if you have a..."

Wed, 13 May 2009 12:16:10 -0400

“‘You know, I do know how to prepare for old age’ he said. ‘Never have a job, because if you have a job someday someone will take it away from you and then you will be unprepared for your old age. For me, it has always been the same every since the age of 12. I wake up in the morning and I try to figure out how am I going to put bread on the table today? It is the same at 75, I wake up every morning and I think how am I going to put bread on the table today? I am exceedingly well prepared for my old age’ he said.”

- http://www.miltonglaser.com/pages/milton/essays/es3.html

"Of the 215,000 video channels on Kyte, nearly all are created by consumers, but only about 1,000..."

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:11:42 -0400

“Of the 215,000 video channels on Kyte, nearly all are created by consumers, but only about 1,000 account for more than 90 percent of the mobile videos streamed via the service. And those 1,000 channels are invariably the work of professionals or the cell-phone videos of famous people such as musicians Lady Gaga (iTunes link) and Soulja Boy (iTunes link)”

- Less than 1% accounts ofr 90%

World's Most Reputable Companies: The Rankings - Forbes.com

Sun, 10 May 2009 22:35:37 -0400

World's Most Reputable Companies: The Rankings - Forbes.com

"YouTube, which reportedly loses $470 million a year, has to make money somehow, said Douglas..."

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:54:11 -0400

“YouTube, which reportedly loses $470 million a year, has to make money somehow, said Douglas MacMillan in BusinessWeek, and advertisers have been “squeamish” about hawking their products next to “unsavory, user-generated videos.” Hulu, with its roster of new shows, has been an advertising success—and that’s why studios are being “stingier” with YouTube.”

- YouTube takes on Hulu - THE WEEK

"only 12 out of the 116 startups (approximately 10 percent) launched after Startup Weekends held from..."

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:44:15 -0400

“only 12 out of the 116 startups (approximately 10 percent) launched after Startup Weekends held from July 2007 to April 2009 can still be considered active, and 35 out of the bunch (approx. 30 percent) are currently offline. Most of the projects carry the ‘idle’ status, which means there have been no visible changes to the service for a certain period of time.”

- Analysis: How Far Do Projects Launched At Startup Weekends Travel? (Not Very Far)

"If you could have one thing from the likes of Anil Kumble or Sachin Tendulkar, what would it be?..."

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:17:46 -0400

“If you could have one thing from the likes of Anil Kumble or Sachin Tendulkar, what would it be?
The only thing I would like from them is the way they handle things: they are very calm.”

- Haribhajan Singh on Cricinfo

"A middle-aged British woman and two Chinese companions on Saturday set off on an epic horse ride..."

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:53:46 -0400

“A middle-aged British woman and two Chinese companions on Saturday set off on an epic horse ride that will see them cross China, Central Asia and Europe — and arrive in London for the 2012 Olympics. Megan Lewis, a 60-year-old British pony breeder and head of the expedition, said the three-year trek from Beijing to London was a lifelong dream. But the former geography teacher, who is raising money for charity, admitted the more than 5,000-mile (8,200-kilometre) journey was as much a test of the horses as the riders. “You know you’re going to get lameness and all sorts of things with the horses, that’s just part of what goes with it,” she said. “But we’ve got a couple of nice little horses and we’ve got support from everyone.””

- Trio depart Beijing on epic horse ride to London

"We have trials that go on for decades,” Mehta says, noting that 65% of the people in Indian..."

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:59:27 -0400

““We have trials that go on for decades,” Mehta says, noting that 65% of the people in Indian jails are simply waiting for their court dates. Convictions in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, for example, were handed down after 13 years, in 2006 and death sentences for several of the accused delivered a year later.”

- Mumbai Attacks Trial Offers Rare Glimpse into Indian Courts - TIME

"Almost half of French people believe it is acceptable for workers facing layoffs to lock up their..."

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:20:17 -0400

“Almost half of French people believe it is acceptable for workers facing layoffs to lock up their bosses, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday. Staff at French plants run by Sony, 3M and Caterpillar have held managers inside the factories overnight, in three separate incidents, to demand better layoff terms — a new form of labour action dubbed “bossnapping” by the media.”

- Almost half of French approve of locking up bosses - Yahoo! India News

"In Microsoft’s latest biannual report on the state of computer security, the company says that..."

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:36:07 -0400

“In Microsoft’s latest biannual report on the state of computer security, the company says that in the second half of 2008, a full 97.3 percent of email traffic was unwanted spam (or malicious email like phishing attacks and outright viruses). Surprisingly though, that’s down a bit from the first half of last year, when total spam volume reached a whopping 98.4 percent of all email sent.”

- Spam level *declines*… to 97 percent of all email : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech

"Over the past 6 years, blog search engine Technorati has indexed 133 million blogs. In a survey of..."

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:02:28 -0400

“Over the past 6 years, blog search engine Technorati has indexed 133 million blogs. In a survey of 1,290 of its registered bloggers in 66 countries, Technorati found that 79% blog about personal interests, 46% blog about their industry or profession, but not in an official capacity, and 12% blog on behalf of their companies.”

- Blogging Stat from Harvard Business review

"Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline sharply in March (-663,000), and the unemployment..."

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:32:38 -0400

“Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline sharply in March (-663,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 to 8.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.1 million jobs have been lost, with almost two-thirds (3.3 million) of the decrease occurring in the last 5 months. In March, job losses were large and widespread across the major industry sectors.”

- March Employment Report