This was originally posted by Marty Cagan (LinkedIn | Twitter) on November 5, 2007 on the Silicon Valley Product Group website.
Many software product teams are either currently experimenting with Agile methods, or have recently moved. I have written elsewhere about the benefits of Agile methods, including Scrum and XP, but I wanted to highlight here the keys for product management in an Agile environment. Read More
Burned by Google Inc.’s recent changes to its search formula, small businesses are experimenting with strategies to recover lost Web traffic while seeking out new ways to generate sales—some even scaling back daily operations.
Seeing a 40% decline in sales since Google adjusted its algorithm, online ergonomic-products retailer Ergo In Demand Inc. in Central Point, Ore., reduced its 17-person staff to five, moved to a 4,500-square-foot office space from one more than double in size and cut $4,000 in monthly software subscriptions.
With the savings, owner Peter Scholom hired a search-engine optimization firm to do an audit of the 11-year-old company’s website, ergoindemand.com. He hopes to learn how to regain the site’s previously high Google rankings for search terms like “keyboard trays” and “TV mounts.”… Read More
Students from The University of Montana’s Masters of Business Administration and Accountancy programs visited on March 11 with legendary investor Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway in Omaha, Neb., and with Thomas Hoenig, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, Mo.
Students met with Buffett for a 150-minute question-and-answer session, followed by lunch at Buffett’s favorite local restaurant, Piccolo Pete’s. During the session, Buffett answered 20 questions about his lifelong personal and business experiences. Two questions were asked by UM students. In February the UM students took a course titled Investment Strategy and Warren Buffett taught by UM professors of various backgrounds and community members, but said they felt that no amount of reading or watching videos matched the reality of meeting Buffett in person… Read More
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