I ran into a former coworker of mine last week. He has been a very experienced ad sales person in the online display advertising industry. I have been working on the product management side of display advertising for the past three years. We both left online display advertising recently and joined e-commerce companies. Amazingly, we [...]
Entries from October 2010
Behavior targeting does not work
October 24th, 2010 · Comments
Tags: Uncategorized
Moneyball is overrated
October 24th, 2010 · Comments
Although I don’t live in the bay area any more, I still consider the bay area my adopted hometown. I’m still rooting for the Giants, the 49er’s, Cal Bears, and the Warriors. You can imagine how excited I was last night when the Giant beat the Phillies. It’s really interesting to note that this was [...]
Tags: Management
If
October 10th, 2010 · Comments
I rarely read poems. I guess I lack the sense and sensibilities to appreciate poems. However, I was re-reading Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger this weekend, and came across the poem “if” that Charlie Munger has always admired. I agree wholeheartedly with Mr.. Munger – if you haven’t read [...]
Tags: Leadership · Management
Are you finding your groove?
October 4th, 2010 · Comments
Business Week has an interesting article about Pete Carroll, head coach of the Seattle Seahawk. I have to admit that I’m neither a Seattle Seahawk Fan nor a USC Trojan fan. However, I really enjoyed this quote from Pete Carroll: “I had been head coach of the New York Jets and the New England Patriots. [...]
Tags: Learning and Growing · Management










