According to Google @ 11:59PM:

Cheers!
SPF
p.s. where did the other 19 minutes go?

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I’ve been a long-time user of Google Alerts.
http://www.google.com/alerts
Like most, the first alert I setup was my own name.
I’m also an active user on Twitter.
Very interesting that for the first time (just moments ago), I received a Google Alert from a Twitter update I just Tweeted moments ago:

I clicked this link:

The Google Alert term [...]

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This is a fantastic interview video. 
Jason Calacanis (who is very smart and successful) interviews Matt Coffin (who is very smart and successful) on TWiST #27:
http://www.blip.tv/file/2852558

Matt Coffin was the first to hear the Calacanis/Mahalo pitch and the first investor in Jason’s most recent startup Mahalo — he also sits on their [...]

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My personal favorite business metric is Average Revenue per Employee.
Compare these businesses:

Company
Revenue ($ MM)
Employees
Revenue per Employee ($)

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
17246
11300
$ 1,526,195

Steel Dynamics, Inc.
8081
5940
$ 1,360,357

Google
21796
20222
$ 1,077,814

Apple
32479
32000
$ 1,014,969

Costco
72483
75000
$ 966,440

Amazon.com
19166
20700
$ 925,894

NVIDIA Corporation
4098
4985
$ 822,038

Dell
61133
80800
$ 756,597

Biogen
3172
4300
$ 737,586

QUALCOMM
11142
15400
$ 723,506

Research In Motion Limited (USA)
6009
8387
$ 716,514

Broadcom Corporation
4658
6853
$ 679,720

Microsoft Corporation
60420
91000
$ 663,956

Lam Research Corporation
2475
3800
$ 651,292

Juniper Networks
3572
5879
$ 607,651

Cisco
39540
66129
$ 597,922

Ebay
8541
15500
$ 551,049

Yahoo!
7209
14300
$ 504,091

Apollo Group, Inc.
3141
17736
$ 177,093

Paychex, Inc.
2066
12700
$ 162,702

Starbucks
10383
172000
$ [...]

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Rumors of a QuinStreet IPO have been swirling around the space on-again/off-again for years.
But wow it is official:
http://secwatch.com/filings/view.jsp?formid=2469864
I will probably circle back and add more color commentary when I have a few moments, but in the meantime, let me scream BRAVO and CONGRATULATIONS to CEO Doug Valenti and the rest of the QuinStreet team.
Just a [...]

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Google now provides mortgage rates to consumers and sells mortgage leads to originators.
https://www.google.com/comparisonads/mortgages#ti=0

I know this new development may be disruptive and concerning to many of our friends in the mortgage lead selling space.  For those of you outside of the mortgage industry, this event is just as important.  Google often tests products in a [...]

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I am pleased to share with you that we are going to be doing another webinar with our friends over at Leads360.
Both DoublePositive and Leads360 are value added partners that are a true extensions to the lead and the sales force. We work together on dozens of mutual mortgage clients and thought it would [...]

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I have never once posted anything even remotely music-related on this blog before now.
Leading like great conductors is more business than music.
Enjoy:
http://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors.html

SPF

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OMG?
Probably not:
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=internet&geo=US&cmpt=q

Internet is MEGA-trend.
SPF

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When I do this quick blink of consciousness in the subject line, I come up with my three biggest Internet brands at the moment:

Google
Facebook
Twitter

Your mileage may vary. Amazon? eBay? Wikipedia? LendingTree? Expedia? Priceline? Weather.com? Yahoo!?
Can we even count YouTube or does that roll up [...]

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