Archive for December, 2006
iTunes Proves DRM is Killing Music
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello December 12th, 2006 in Apple, Digital Music, Music Musings, Technology and Gadgets, TrendSpotting, drm, iPod, iPod/iTunes, mp3.Sensation headlines are great, El Reg’s mocking coverage is even better and Forrester Research is the best (for sensation headlines anyway). The Register is running a story with the somewhat overstated headline “iTunes Sales Collapsing“, based on some research put out by Forrester that seems to show that iTunes music is [...]
Roomy Condoms Bane of Indian Men
3 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello December 9th, 2006 in Humor, condom, horrible headlines, indian men.When was the last time some obscure Indian government agency commanded mention in a bunch of major news outlets? Could their thoughts on innovation, poverty, AID’s, violence or abortion be worthy of the worlds attention? Of course not. The bit of news from the Indian Council of Medical Research that caught the attention of [...]
Ugliness in the Music Business
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello December 8th, 2006 in Digital Music, Foolishness, Groups Opposing the RIAA, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels.I’m told there was a time when the music industry was a place of beauty and wonder. A place where the average person could hear the soundtrack of their lives or float away on the sirens call of a muse. I’m told these things but I dont remember them.
Two new stories add their wedge in [...]
Why Music Sucks: Manufacturing Stars for Fun and Profit
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello December 8th, 2006 in Music Musings, Pop Idol, Research, Research Summary.Our good friends over at the Institute for Strategy and Business Economics at the University of Zurich put out a paper entitled “Explaining the Star Shift in the Media – Why ‘Manufactured’ Celebrities are More Lucrative than ‘Self-Made’ Superstars“. Far from the normal academic drivel pumped out of the ivy halls at university this little [...]
Our friends across the pond have pulled together some stats about what makes a successful entrepreneur in the EU. The stats are culled from surveys that were conducted by the National Statistics Institutes of 15 countries in the EU. The goals of the survey was to identify some FOBS (factors of business success), which to them means your business survived for 3 years with the same founder/entrepreneur involved in the running the show.
So, what did they find? 1) You dont need experience in the area to be successful. 2) Most of the entrepreneurs found dealing with customers and the details of running their businesses to be the biggest headache, which is just kinda funny. The younger the entrepreneur the faster the business was likely to grow. While women found it easier to get paid for invoices then men, male entrepreneurs felt better about getting to profitability then the women. My favorite finding from the report is that the more degrees the entrepreneur had, the more likely they were to claim their business was “innovative”.
Its an interesting report check it out here.
