It snowed today here in MA....brrr....
Will be glad to be in CA next week!
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Only 3% of the population sets goals?
I was listening to a Brian Tracy audible book called Success Mastery Academy
First off...fabulous...very motivating and great tips although slightly outdated (1997?). But at one point he said that only 3% of the population set goals. How sad is that...think of how much more we could achieve if we set goals.
Then there were more interesting statistics about research done with college grads...what percentage had goals (only about 20%) and then only 3% actually wrote them down. When they went on to check out these people years later the ones that were by far the most successful were the 3%.
Interesting thing is....you would think goal setting would be taught in school...high school at least. At least if you set up the habit then...it could really start affecting results in college or at work.
My husband is a high school teacher and I am going to see about whether I can get him to push for that in his school.
Enough ranting for now....
First off...fabulous...very motivating and great tips although slightly outdated (1997?). But at one point he said that only 3% of the population set goals. How sad is that...think of how much more we could achieve if we set goals.
Then there were more interesting statistics about research done with college grads...what percentage had goals (only about 20%) and then only 3% actually wrote them down. When they went on to check out these people years later the ones that were by far the most successful were the 3%.
Interesting thing is....you would think goal setting would be taught in school...high school at least. At least if you set up the habit then...it could really start affecting results in college or at work.
My husband is a high school teacher and I am going to see about whether I can get him to push for that in his school.
Enough ranting for now....
New McCue Group Website!
Well...finally our website is up! A few tweaks left...but thought it was worth putting up...
www.mccuegroup.com
Israel Web Tour Nov 6-9th in Palo Alto
Heading out to Palo Alto in a couple weeks for the Israel Web Tour to investigate a new group of Israeli technology firms. Reminds me a little of Rush week in college...
I am excited to check out these new companies:
BeInSync Allow individuals and small business to access their data from any computer of location
Fixya FixYa offers user-generated tech support, troubleshooting, repair, and customer service on over 700,000 products.
Foxytunes -Create the best way to enjoy all the great things the new music universe has to offer – by bringing together all user’s favorite players and services without forcing users to choose or give up anything they like
Gizmoz A multimedia communications company which enables an advanced medium of personal visual emotional expression for consumers and Pop culture business on any network such as TV/IPTV, Mobileand Internet.
ILCU Strives to be the number one social city guide through its website ILCU.com and its extensive affiliate network. On ILCU.com urban people can find the most up to date entertainment information and meet and socialize with others.
inter8ing: An advertising platform and better rating program for the blogs.
Kasamba Kasamba is an online marketplace for immediate, personal, high qualified expert advice
MyHeritage MyHeritage creates a unique and profitable community service by fusing Genealogy, Social Networks and Face Recognition technology
RadarSync RadarSync developed a computer driver and software update tool. It prevents common computer problems and optimizes performance by tracking, downloading, and installing both hardware device driver updates and software patches, fixes, and upgrades for a system.
Skylow Skylow delivers the cheapest available price for any requested flight route around the world. SkyLow.com provides the ultimate search, compare, and book engine, serving both consumer and business segments.
SpearCast SpearCast’s mission is to become the market leader in high quality business ratings for consumers searching for local businesses online. By using its patented VoIP technology, SpearCast will provide reliable ratings (e.g. the best plumber, dentist or Italian restaurant in your area), taking a leading position in this $30bn market.
Trusted Opinion Trusted Opinion’s mission is to leverage it’s core Social Recommendations Engine™ technology to enable networked circles of individuals to share and reap the benefits of their combined knowledge and experience to generate commercially unbiased, uniquely personalized ratings and recommendations for each and every user.
ViewScore ViewScore simplifies the product research process for consumers by aggregating product review content from thousands of product review sources across the Net and generating a single product score that best captures the world’s view and opinion of the product
Yedda Yedda is a Community Knowledge Exchange – a Web 2.0 service that connects knowledge sources with knowledge consumers, leveraging the long tail of knowledge and creating a social network of people with similar topics of interests
I would like to thank the organizers of this event, The California Israel Chamber of Commerce (aka Iris and Shuly)
I am excited to check out these new companies:
BeInSync Allow individuals and small business to access their data from any computer of location
Fixya FixYa offers user-generated tech support, troubleshooting, repair, and customer service on over 700,000 products.
Foxytunes -Create the best way to enjoy all the great things the new music universe has to offer – by bringing together all user’s favorite players and services without forcing users to choose or give up anything they like
Gizmoz A multimedia communications company which enables an advanced medium of personal visual emotional expression for consumers and Pop culture business on any network such as TV/IPTV, Mobileand Internet.
ILCU Strives to be the number one social city guide through its website ILCU.com and its extensive affiliate network. On ILCU.com urban people can find the most up to date entertainment information and meet and socialize with others.
inter8ing: An advertising platform and better rating program for the blogs.
Kasamba Kasamba is an online marketplace for immediate, personal, high qualified expert advice
MyHeritage MyHeritage creates a unique and profitable community service by fusing Genealogy, Social Networks and Face Recognition technology
RadarSync RadarSync developed a computer driver and software update tool. It prevents common computer problems and optimizes performance by tracking, downloading, and installing both hardware device driver updates and software patches, fixes, and upgrades for a system.
Skylow Skylow delivers the cheapest available price for any requested flight route around the world. SkyLow.com provides the ultimate search, compare, and book engine, serving both consumer and business segments.
SpearCast SpearCast’s mission is to become the market leader in high quality business ratings for consumers searching for local businesses online. By using its patented VoIP technology, SpearCast will provide reliable ratings (e.g. the best plumber, dentist or Italian restaurant in your area), taking a leading position in this $30bn market.
Trusted Opinion Trusted Opinion’s mission is to leverage it’s core Social Recommendations Engine™ technology to enable networked circles of individuals to share and reap the benefits of their combined knowledge and experience to generate commercially unbiased, uniquely personalized ratings and recommendations for each and every user.
ViewScore ViewScore simplifies the product research process for consumers by aggregating product review content from thousands of product review sources across the Net and generating a single product score that best captures the world’s view and opinion of the product
Yedda Yedda is a Community Knowledge Exchange – a Web 2.0 service that connects knowledge sources with knowledge consumers, leveraging the long tail of knowledge and creating a social network of people with similar topics of interests
I would like to thank the organizers of this event, The California Israel Chamber of Commerce (aka Iris and Shuly)
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Q3 results looking good
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Begging for forgiveness....
I told one of my international clients who is currently in the US about my favorite quote today "It's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission" - Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. It came to mind after trying to decide if we had enough Board approvals to make an executive hire (where timing was critical).
One of the most facinating things I get to see is the dynamic between entreprenurial new executives and their Boards. It is often a strange dynamic...and it has been interesting to watch my CEO clients navigate the waters and "grow up" with their boards. I haven't read much on...and would welcome any recommendations on any that guides to Board involvement throughout certain stages of growth. I am talking to one of my favorite client Board members tomorrow....and will ask his view....will report back then....
One of the most facinating things I get to see is the dynamic between entreprenurial new executives and their Boards. It is often a strange dynamic...and it has been interesting to watch my CEO clients navigate the waters and "grow up" with their boards. I haven't read much on...and would welcome any recommendations on any that guides to Board involvement throughout certain stages of growth. I am talking to one of my favorite client Board members tomorrow....and will ask his view....will report back then....
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