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Entrepreneurs, 3PLs, and Angel Investors: Kick-starting the Make Economy

April 18th, 2012 by Adrian Gonzalez

A friend of mine pointed me to an interesting blog posting titled “Why Angels Chase Electrons” by Christopher Mirabile, Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group, a venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. The posting was in response to a question an entrepreneur had asked Mr. Mirabile: “Why do angel investors (and to some extent, VCs) turn up their noses at real, down-to-earth… Continue reading

Categories : Cloud/Software-as-a-Service, Logistics Service Providers, Performance-based outsourcing, Social Media
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This Week in Logistics News (April 9-13, 2012)

April 13th, 2012 by Adrian Gonzalez

Should I be concerned that Opening Day for the (1 win, 5 losses) Red Sox falls on Friday the 13th?

In more important news…

Categories : Business Intelligence, Global Trade, Logistics Service Providers, Mergers-Acquistions, Mobile Technologies, Social Media, This Week in News
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A Social Media Approach to B2B Connectivity and Commerce

April 11th, 2012 by Adrian Gonzalez

Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it was paying $1,000,000,000 for Instagram, an 18-month old company with twelve employees and no revenues that allows people to share photos with each other.

Yes, $1 billion. And yes, I started second guessing my career choice when I heard the news.

I won’t comment on the merits of this acquisition (you can find plenty of opinions online), but it re-enforces the… Continue reading

Categories : Social Media
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Lesson from Pink Slime Incident: Social Media is a Supply Chain Risk

March 28th, 2012 by Adrian Gonzalez

Supply chain risk management is often synonymous with natural disasters like earthquakes and floods, and as we witnessed last year, those types of events can significantly disrupt supply chain operations. Economic conditions, political unrest, oil and commodity prices, quality issues, capacity constraints, and the financial stability of suppliers are also on the “risk radar” for most supply chain executives.

But what about social media? Can what people say on… Continue reading

Categories : Social Media, Supply Chain Risk Management
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Social Media Definition Wars, Etc.

February 29th, 2012 by Adrian Gonzalez

Still have a hard time understanding what social media is all about? Here is a picture (originally posted by Douglas Wray on Instagram) that explains social media in a simple and creative way.

Now consider this version of the picture that I drew up.