Netflix hit 20 million subscribers last year, and with reportedly over 60% of their subscribers streaming video over the Internet, the pressure they are putting on the Internet as a delivery system for television shows and movies has taken center stage lately. Netflix holds the most notoriety as the leader of the pack, but Hulu and even DirecTV through its on-demand service delivered over your broadband connection…
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The Rippling Recovery
I’m a bit of a news junkie and I pay attention to the factors the stock market reacts to on a daily basis, for no good reason since I don’t actively trade any stocks (I also can’t help myself from being a lookie-loo at accidents on the highway). I’ve been an aggravated observer throughout the year as short spurts of panic at some confluence of negative…
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Randy Moss – The Manager’s Dilemma
Professional football is a business, and Childress was faced with a dilemma many managers will face in their careers: when you have an employee with the potential to be an all-star performer but you can’t count on the employee to put in an all-star effort day in and day out, at what point do you cut bait and move on? If the employee’s spotty effort overall turns out above average results do you keep that employee in place and hope for some big wins every now and then while continuing the search for an employee more like the legendary receiver Jerry Rice who combined a consistent effort with being a great teammate?