May
16
2011

OK.  I admit that I’m fascinated with this week’s news that Ashton Kutcher is taking over for Charlie Sheen on the #1 TV sitcom “Two and a half Men.” Somewhere inside this whole mess with Charlie (“winner”) Sheen, producer Chuck (“my way or the highway”) Lorre, Warner Bros and CBS which stand to make/lose tens of millions lies some big …

Apr
25
2011

The big news in baseball this week didn’t take place on the field. Out in Dodgerland in sunny LA, a major family dispute has brought that business to it’s knees. Frank And Jamie McCourt, the owners of the Dodgers are at war. Their irresponsible management of the team followed by a pugnacious divorce forced the commissioner of Major League baseball …

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Nov
30
2010

IntelliSite’s very own Dave Borland was the keynote speaker at the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Entrepreneur Boot Camp graduation earlier this month. Dave presented five points of advice to the graduating class of eighteen entrepreneurs on how to succeed as a business owner.

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Aug
08
2010

While sitting in my favorite cigar lounge enjoying some company, I listened to a couple of guys talking about one’s new Harley. He’d traded up to a massive new bike from what he called his “learning bike.”  He wasn’t comfortable on it anymore as he was moving on to longer rides.  He needed comfort.  And didn’t want to continue to …

Jul
13
2010

Best Buy obviously hasn’t read Seth Godin’s Purple Cow.  The book’s treatise is that a company’s marketing is most effective when it’s true.  Actually being remarkable translates to marketing at its best. My partner Dave recently had trouble with his iPhone.  As great a gadget as the iPhone is, neither Apple nor AT&T Wireless offer insurance on the iPhone.  Best …