By Sean Fenlon on November 26, 2009 in
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 $ 1,526,195.00 Steel Dynamics, Inc. 8081 5940 $ 1,360,357.00 Google 21796 20222 $ 1,077,814.00 Apple 32479 32000 $ 1,014,969.00 Costco 72483 75000 $ 966,440.00 Amazon.com 19166 20700 […]
By Sean Fenlon on November 20, 2009 in
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 […]
By Sean Fenlon on October 30, 2009 in
Google now provides mortgage rates to consumers and sells mortgage leads to originators. 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 […]
By Sean Fenlon on October 27, 2009 in
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
By Sean Fenlon on October 19, 2009 in
OMG? Probably not: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=internet&geo=US&cmpt=q Internet is MEGA-trend. SPF