- -: Google's Gatekeeper: The Most Powerful Woman on the Net
February 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/04/Looking_for_Jefferson_s_Moose_State_of_Cyberspace Legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen reflects on his meeting with "Google's gatekeeper," deputy general counsel Nicole Wong -- a woman who, Rosen claims, has more control over free speech than practically anyon...
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- -: What Can Detroit Learn from Google? - Jeff Jarvis
February 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/18/Jeff_Jarvis_What_Would_Google_Do Journalist Jeff Jarvis discusses how to make the auto industry "Googley." "If [automakers] came out with an API for the car," he asks, "what could people build on top of it?" ----- Named one of 100 worldwide media l...
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- -: Should AIG Have Been Allowed to Fail?
March 26, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/17/The_Economic_Landscape_How_to_Spot_an_Upturn Economists Ward Hanson and Michael Lehmann disagree on whether the government should have bailed out AIG. While Lehmann warns that "the contagion would have spread" if AIG failed, Hanson says AIG demonstrat...
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- -: Did Short-Term Thinking Wreck Wall Street?
March 31, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/18/Ties_That_Must_Bind_Why_CEOs_Rely_on_CMOs_More_Than_Ever Frito-Lay CMO Jaya Kumar and Del Monte CMO William Pearce discuss how the Wall Street obsession with short-term growth contributed to the economic crisis. Pearce says that sustainable growth, no...
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- -: Does Losing GM Matter? - William Holstein
April 29, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/06/GM_A_Behemoth_in_a_Troubled_Industry Why GM Matters author William Holstein argues that General Motors is not only important to the auto industry, but also to the overall economic prosperity of the United States. "What were talking about here is much ...
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- -: Coming Soon from Google: Private Fiber Optics to the Home
April 30, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/15/Empowering_Internet_Users_Two_Ideas_to_Reshape_Broadband Policy analyst Derek Slater draws from the history of rural telephone cooperatives to question owning a personal internet connection. Slater lists three advantages to owning a personal connectio...
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- -: Bag Borrow or Steal: Fashion Meets Online Innovation
May 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Weathering_the_Storm_Retail_Solutions_for_All_Seasons Retail consultant Robert Burke advises companies weathering the economic recession to consider unconventional business models. As an example he discusses the Internet company Bag Borrow or Steal, a...
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- -: Steve Ballmer: Microsoft 'Like a Startup' in Search
May 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Steve_Ballmer_Opportunities_in_Difficult_Times Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discusses his company's plans for developing its search engine services. Ballmer describes Microsoft's position as 'like a startup' compared to that of market leader Google. -...
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- -: Life Lessons from a Biscuit Factory - Alain de Botton
June 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Alain_de_Botton_on_the_Pleasures_and_Sorrows_of_Work Alain de Botton, author of The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, discusses lessons he learned from observing workers at a United Biscuits factory in the UK. According to Botton, highly specialized jobs...
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- -: Life is a Beta: Jeff Jarvis on Corporate Transparency
June 24, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/04/Jeff_Jarvis_Future_of_Media_and_the_Prospects_for_Brands Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?, discusses the corporate world's burgeoning embrace of transparency and new communication mediums like blogs and Twitter. ----- Jeff Jarvis, Associ...
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