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Deloitte Fast 500 - cool news.

The rankings from the 2008 Fast 500 for technology companies was released today. Great news! SnagAJob.com made the list and came in at 168!
While awards are nice, great to receive, they are not our primary focus.  We continue to concentrate executing our strategy, providing value to customers and helping job seekers find the right [...]

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

I just completed reading this book by Patrick Lencioni.  In the world of business books, I rarely say this but this book is “absolutely phenomenal.”
Lencioni uses a very engaging story-telling method to convey the real problems any business team and particularly executive leadership teams face.  It is an incredibly fast read, I read it in [...]

Why does Microsoft Need to Play in Search?

Yesterday, I wrote a post about Microsoft Live Seach Cash Back.  Near the end, I ask a simple question that only has complex answers:  Why does Microsoft have to play in search at all?
Perhaps the answer is obvious:  MONEY.  But that is the easy way out.  Perhaps there are other obvious answers that I’m eager [...]

Here’s Some Cash?

Rebates are an old tactic in the old game “use my service or buy my product now, and I’ll give you money back later.” So after Microsoft announced Microsoft Live Search Cashback and I’ve had some time to ponder it, I can sum up my opinion as this is a very interesting play in [...]

what once was is no longer

I always find this funny, and it quite related to some of my views regarding the Yahoo! situation a few days back. Here is an excerpt from today’s NYTimes, “Amid Hurdles at AOL, Chief of Its Parent Is Open To A Deal“:
AOL still enjoys many advantages that most companies can only dream about, [...]