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Futurist, entrepreneur, left lane driver, baseball lover

U.S. luxury retailers want to go out for Chinese

Posted on July 30, 2015 by markkolier

This past Tuesday morning I attended an interesting session at the SUNY Confucius Institute for Business in midtown Manhattan. I was invited by my friend and colleague Michael Zakkour of Tompkins International (who is co-author of the 2014 book China’s … Continue reading →

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Reddit and Gawker are moving in the right direction

Posted on July 23, 2015 by markkolier

‘Reddit.com is turning its back on the foundations on which it was built!’ ‘Gawker.com is selling out and risking everything!’ Well if you ask me I will tell you that for veteran internet companies like Reddit (founded 2005) and Gawker … Continue reading →

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In-car navigation systems offer little utility

Posted on July 16, 2015 by markkolier

It’s summer here in the U.S. and since we Americans are still so keen on driving navigation assistance remains very important. Today most people don’t use AAA for TripTiks and maps any longer (cue nostalgic music). Just last week Nokia’s … Continue reading →

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Boomer and Gen X parents contributed to the disaffection of working Millennials

Posted on July 9, 2015 by markkolier

You hear it all the time from experienced professionals both baby boomers and Gen Xrs – Millennials have way too much of sense of entitlement, lack a work ethic, expect rewards for what might be seen as just doing their … Continue reading →

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Sharing customer data with third parties –companies should think about it

Posted on July 1, 2015 by markkolier

I received the following email from Pinterest this past Monday – Hi there, Soon, we’ll launch buyable Pins to U.S. Pinners on iPhone and iPad. Today, we’re rolling out a few updates to our Privacy Policy to help you understand … Continue reading →

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Some Angel and VC investors are averse to cold water

Posted on June 25, 2015 by markkolier

This past Monday evening I attended my fourth NYC Silicon Dragon event hosted by Rebecca Fannin of Silicon Dragon.  Rebecca (author of the 2011 book Start-up Asia ) always puts together an interesting program and she conducts these programs all … Continue reading →

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Social media can and does provide users with true utility in the real world

Posted on June 18, 2015 by markkolier

When people think about all those lost hours on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, or any other social network do they think about the true utility or value in passing time engaging on these networks? The answer is a … Continue reading →

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WalMart tightropes the brick and mortar world to the online world

Posted on June 11, 2015 by markkolier

Maybe you missed it last week. The little Article in the New York Times – Reporting that Wal-Mart is falling behind in the area of online sales – far behind Amazon.com for example. In the world of online sales WalMart … Continue reading →

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Outdoor advertising in the U.S. has room to grow

Posted on June 4, 2015 by markkolier

Earlier this week I had lunch with a smart OOH (out-of-home advertising) executive.  His company is one of the largest OOH companies in the business. Not all that long ago (twenty years) OOH advertising primarily consisted of billboards and stadium … Continue reading →

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Alibaba’s U.S. based online shops site 11main.com hangs in there. Why?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by markkolier

Not only do I have deep interest in all things Chinese, (or at least a lot of things Chinese) I also have a soft spot for a once and former client Alibaba.com. My experience with Alibaba was in helping them … Continue reading →

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