SAP Survey

Keywords: Bulgaria

My answers to Shel Israel's questions:

1. Dimitar, you seem to be everywhere I look on the Internet, can you list the social media tools that you use?
Bloglines, Skype, Facebook, Blogger, del.icio.us, MyBlogLog and YouTube are my favourite ones.

2. You say you follow more than 9500 feeds, more than even Scoble. How do you accomplish that? How much time to you spend following your feeds.
I'd like to learn as much as I can. I'm almost always on. Broadband is a bliss! I don't read all of my feeds on a daily basis. Every day there are some knowledge management goals I try to accomplish. My feeds could be described as digital memory silos. Reading on demand.

3. How has social media changed your life?
I have only one word for you. Revolution. Life without internet would be a very tough one for me.

4. Tell me about technology in Bulgaria? What percent of people have computers and connection? How about broadband and wi-fi? How about cellphones?
23% of the households in Bulgaria have computers. Internet penetration in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, is 50%, although the internet penetration in the rest of the country is 25%. Bulgaria has one of the highest penetrations of telephone service in Eastern Europe, with around 38 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. The leading internet service providers are Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), Orbitel and Spectrumnet. The other big players in this market are the cable TV operators. Also, there are hundreds smaller ISPs, providing LAN. Wi-Fi is not very popular. The mobile phones penetration is 75%. Bulgarians simply love their mobile phones. Buying the most new and expensive mobile devices is a national mania.

5. What about business? What are the largest enterprises in Bulgaria? How do they use technology and social media?
Bulgaria used to be the Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe. Now, there are almost 4,000 ICT companies. Companies like SAP and the U.S. auto parts manufacturer Johnson Control have their R&D centers in Bulgaria. Also, in January 2006 HP opened a customer support centre in Sofia for their clients from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The largest enterprises are telecoms (BTC, Mobiltel, Globul), utilities providers, banks, power plants, heavy industry manufactures ( KCM). These corporations work mainly with well-known brands like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP and HP. Their primary concerns are stability, reliability and security. Social media is not on their radar.

6. What are the most popular social media tools in Bulgaria?
Instant messengers (ICQ, Skype), forums, chats and SMS. Bulgarians love chatting. Bulgarians are people you could easily talk to and communicate with. It's not a big surpise that dating sites still rule the internet landscape. The most popular video sharing site is Vbox7 with 460,000 users. The Bulgarian blogosphere is growing. There are over 25,000 blogs. The leading social networking sites in Bulgaria are the local ones ( friends.bg, sibir.bg, one.bg, zip.bg).

7. How is social media changing culture for Bulgarians? How will it change it in the next 5-10 years?
I hope that social media could make our communications faster, cheaper and better.

8. Can you give me a description of what's happening in social media in your overall region including the countries near you?
I see a big potential for growth in any niche. There are lots of underserved markets. Why? We are talking about over 130 million people, including Turkey. Some of the biggest web giants like Google already pay much more attention to the region.

9. What language do most Bulgarians speak? How big a barrier is language?
Bulgarian is the official language, Turkish and Romany are also spoken. Bulgarians like foreign languages. Let me give you an example with myself. I have studied seriously five different languages: English, Russian, French, Spanish and Greek. There is a huge Bulgarian diaspora all over the world, mainly in the USA, Canada, the UK, Spain and Greece. Bulgarians are the second biggest group of foreign students in Germany, after the Chinese. The older generations have studied Russian, the younger - English. There are a lot of polyglots in Bulgaria.

10. What opportunities, related to social media, are there for the international business community in Bulgaria?
Bulgaria is a member of the European Union and could be a gateway to the Balkans and Turkey. The Bulgarian capital market could be described as really fast-growing. Why don't they invest in the Google/Yahoo of Southeastern Europe?

11. Additional comments?
Thank you very much for your interesting questions!

Blogs:
SAP Global Survey: Bulgaria's Dimitar Vesselinov - Global Neighbourhoods

See also:
Bulgaria - The World 2 Come

Update:
Now, I subscribe to 9,876 RSS feeds. My next aim is 10,000 RSS feeds.

Audio of the Day: WallStRadio

Lots of podcasts on business, finance, economics and investing:

WallStRadio
http://radio.wallst.net/
[via Internet Outsider]

See also:
Audio of the Day - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

"Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) NYSE: SAI was the largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the United States. It was founded by Dr. J. Robert 'Bob' Beyster in 1969 in La Jolla, California, as Science Applications Incorporated. As of 2006, SAIC employed over 43,000 employees and reported $7.8 billion in revenue, making it number 285 on the Fortune 500 list."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
saic.com

News & Blogs:
SAIC - Topix

Blogs:
SAIC - SeekingAlpha
SAIC: Serving up technical solutions for Uncle Sam - BloggingStocks
SAIC - Defense Industry Daily

Finance:
SAI - Google Finance
SAI - Yahoo Finance

Insight:
Washington's $8 Billion Shadow - vanityfair.com

Video:
The Defense Industry - Wallstrip

Company of the Week: EMI

"The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. EMI Music is one of the Big Four record companies, making it among the largest in the world."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
emigroup.com

News:
EMI - Topix

Blogs:
EMI Group - SeekingAlpha
EMI - Blogging Stocks
EMI - padContent.org

Finance:
EMI Group - Google Finance

Company of the Week: SAP

"SAP is the largest software company in Europe and the third largest in the world. It ranks after Microsoft and IBM in terms of market capitalization. SAP is also the largest business application and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution and software provider in terms of revenue."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
sap.com

News & Blogs:
SAP - Topix.net

Blogs:
SAP - SeekingAlpha
SAP - Enterprise Irregulars
SAP - Blogging Stocks

Finance:
SAP - Google Finance
SAP - Yahoo Finance

Video:
Inside SAP Labs Bulgaria - Google Video

Company of the Week: Ryanair

"Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA, LSE: RYA, NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish airline headquartered in Dublin. Its biggest operational base, however, is at London Stansted Airport. It is Europe's largest low-cost carrier and one of the world's largest and most successful airlines (whether in terms of profits, number of flights, number of passengers flown). Ryanair operates - at one count - on 362 routes to 22 countries. Ryanair has been characterised by rapid expansion, a result of the deregulation of the air industry in Europe in 1997. Over the years, it has evolved into one of the world's most profitable airlines, running at remarkable margins by passing its costs directly to its customers."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
ryanair.com

News & Blogs:
Ryanair - Topix.net

Finance:
RYAAY - Google Finance
RYAAY - Yahoo Finance

Photos:
Ryanair - Flickr

Video:
Ryanair - YouTube

Insight:
Jet-Setting for the Masses - Bloomberg (PDF)

See also:
Europe - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Viacom

"Viacom (NYSE: VIA, NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). Sumner Redstone is the Chairman and, through National Amusements, the parent of Viacom, majority shareholder.

The new Viacom is considered to be the 'high-growth' side of the much larger former Viacom. The former Viacom was renamed CBS Corporation, from which this firm was split off on December 31, 2005. CBS, not Viacom, retains control of the over-the-air broadcasting, TV production, and publishing assets formerly owned by the larger company. However, National Amusements remains the common majority shareholder of both firms."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
viacom.com

News & Blogs:
Viacom - Topix.net

Blogs:
VIA - Seeking Alpha
VIA - Blogging Stocks
Viacom - paidContent.org

Finance:
Viacom - Google Finance
Viacom - Yahoo Finance

Images:
Viacom - Flickr

Video:
Viacom - Google Video
Viacom - YouTube
Charlie Rose - Sumner Redstone - Google Video

Company of the Week: Boeing

"The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661) is an aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Boeing is the largest global aircraft manufacturer by revenue and the second-largest defense contractor in the world.

In 2006, Boeing was the world’s largest civil aircraft company in terms of orders (with 55% of orders and 54% of deliveries in its market segment), overtaking Airbus for the first time since 2000. The largest exporter in the United States, Boeing’s stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
boeing.com

News & Blogs:
Boeing - Topix.net

Blogs:
BA - SeekingAlpha
BA - Blogging Stocks
Boeing - Defense Industry Daily
Randy's Journal

Finance:
Boeing - Google Finance
Boeing - Yahoo Finance

Photos:
Boeing - Flickr

Video:
Boeing - Google Video
Boeing - YouTube

Company of the Week: Berkshire Hathaway

Keywords: Warren Buffett

"Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA, NYSE: BRKB) is a large holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. Berkshire Hathaway's core business is insurance, including property and casualty insurance, reinsurance and specialty nonstandard insurance. The Company averaged a phenomenal 25%+ annual return to its shareholders for the last 25 years while employing large amounts of capital and minimal debt."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
berkshirehathaway.com

News & Blogs:
Berkshire Hathaway - Topix.net

Blogs:
Berkshire Hathaway - SeekingAlpha
BRK.A - Blogging Stocks

Finance:
Berkshire Hathaway - Google Finance
Berkshire Hathaway - Yahoo Finance

Photos:
Warren Buffett - Flickr

Video:
Warren Buffett - Google Video
Berkshire Hathaway - Wallstrip

See also:
Warren Buffett - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Samsung Electronics

"Samsung Electronics (KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is the world's largest electronics company. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, it is part of the Korean Samsung Group with a revenue of around $79.6 billion. It operates in approximately over 100 countries and has over 128,000 employees worldwide. The name samsung literally means 'three stars' or 'tristar' in Korean."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
samsung.com

News & Blogs:
Samsung Electronics - Topix.net

Blogs:
Samsung - Engadget
Samsung - Engadget Mobile
Samsung Electronics - SeekingAlpha

Finance:
Samsung Electronics - Google Finance

Photos:
Samsung - Flickr

Video:
Samsung - Google Video

Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/Korea

Video of the Day: I am a Struggling, Broke Entepreneur

Keywords: entrepreneur, venture capital (VC)

Preeti:
"I'm doing this for 3 reasons: 1) Fame and Fortune, 2) Drive traffic to my site, 3) Help others (not in order of priority :) I am going to tell you about my experiences as an entrepreneur, given that I'm not yet a complete 'success' you can either take them as things you should 'DO' or 'NOT DO'.

I am 34 years old, am a serial entrepreneur who can't seem to quit even though I've not yet made any money from any of my companies, currently run a company called CopperPages.com, and have no social life whatsoever. And I'm broke. And I'm burned out. Sick of just running companies to 'LEARN', that was fine for my 20s, now in my 30s its 'SHOW ME THE MONEY!' I think the money is coming soon, the Tipping Point is almost here, stay tuned...."
Source: YouTube

Blogs:
Venture Capital Blogs - FeedBurner

News & Blogs:
Venture Capital - Topix.net

Audio & Video:
PodTech.net

Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/entrepreneur
del.icio.us/Monten/startup
del.icio.us/Monten/women

See also:
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come
Entrepreneur - The World 2 Come
VC - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Electronic Arts

"Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for their games. EA was just a publisher for its first few years and exclusively published for home computers, but began developing games in-house in the late 1980s and started supporting consoles in the early 1990s. Also in the 1990s, EA began to expand by acquiring several successful developers and, as of the early 2000s, EA has become the world's largest third-party publisher, with a net revenue of US$3.129 billion on its fiscal year March 31, 2005. Currently, the company's most successful products are sports games published under their EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses and games from long-running franchises like Need for Speed, Medal of Honor and The Sims."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
ea.com

News & Blogs:
Electronic Arts - Topix.net

Blogs:
ERTS - SeekingAlpha
ERTS - Blogging Stocks

Finance:
Electronic Arts - Google Finance
Electronic Arts - Yahoo Finance

Audio:
ERTS - EarningsCast

Images:
Electronic Arts - Flickr

Video:
EA - YouTube
Electronic Arts - Wallstrip
Electronic Arts - Google Video

Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/games

Company of the Week: General Electric

"The General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE) is a multinational American technology and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. According to the Forbes Global 2000 it is the world's second-largest company.

In the 1960s, aspects of U.S. tax laws and accounting practices led to a rise in the assembly of conglomerates. GE, which was a conglomerate long before the term was coined, is arguably the most successful organization of this type."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
ge.com

News & Blogs:
General Electric - Topix.net
General Electric - Moreover

Blogs:
GE - SeekingAlpha
GE - Blogging Stocks

Finance:
GE - Google Finance
GE - Yahoo Finance

Video:
Charlie Rose - An Hour with Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman & CEO, General Electric - Google Video
General Electric - Google Video

See also:
Company of the Week - The World 2 Come

Topic of the Day: Outsourcing

"Outsourcing entered the business lexicon in the 1980s and often refers to the delegation of non-core operations from internal production to an external entity specialising in the management of that operation. The decision to outsource is often made in the interest of lowering firm costs, redirecting or conserving energy directed at the competencies of a particular business, or to make more efficient use of worldwide labour, capital, technology and resources. Though often used interchangeably, outsourcing differs from offshoring in that outsourcing is relative to the restructuring of the firm while offshoring is relative to the nation(see below), though the two are not mutually exclusive, especially under conditions of globalization. Fundamentally and historically, outsourcing is a term relative to the organisation of labour within and between societies."
Source: Wikipedia

News & Blogs:
Outsourcing - Topix.net
Outsourcing news - Moreover

Blogs:
The Outsourcing Weblog
Outsourcing Times
Offshoring Digest
Planet Outsourcing
Russian ICT Industry
Think Flat - Infosys
Managing Offshore IT - Infosys
Outsource Bulgaria
Luxoft - LiveJournal (in Russian)
BPO Journal

Insight:
Six Blind Men and the Offshoring Elephant - Part 1 of 18 - Viewpoint of an Entrepreneur

Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/outsourcing

Video:
Thomas Friedman - Google Video
The Other Side of Outsourcing - YouTube
Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro/Nandan Nilekani, CEO, Infosys Technologies - Google Video
Ratan Tata/Kiran Mazumdar Shaw/Anil Agarwal - Google Video
Inside SAP Labs Bulgaria - Google Video

Books:
The World Is Flat - Wikipedia

See also:
Company of the Week: Wipro - The World 2 Come
India Blogs - The World 2 Come
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - The World 2 Come
Topic of the Day: Bulgaria - The World 2 Come
Russia Blogs - The World 2 Come
Topic of the Day: China - The World 2 Come
Topic of the Day - The World 2 Come

Topic of the Day: Project Management

"Project management is the discipline of organizing and managing resources in such a way that these resources deliver all the work required to complete a project within defined scope, time, and cost constraints. A project is a temporary and one-time endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. This property of being a temporary and a one-time undertaking contrasts with processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent ongoing functional work to create the same product or service over and over again. The management of these two systems is often very different and requires varying technical skills and philosophy, hence requiring the development of project management."
Source: Wikipedia

News & Blogs:
Project management - Topix.net

Blogs:
A Girl's Guide to Managing Projects
Projectized
SoftwareProjects Blog
LeadingAnswers: Leadership and Agile Project Management Blog
Managing Offshore IT - Infosys
Reforming Project Management
Tools, Trends, Thoughts on Portfolio Management
ProjectSteps
How to manage a camel - project management and recruitment
PMThink! Project Management Thought Leadership
Project Management Blog
All about Project Management Offices
Software Project Management
Project Management - LiveJournal (in Russian)

Audio:
The Project Management Podcast
Controlling Chaos

Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/PM

Glossary:
Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms v3.1
PM Glossary - allpm.com
Project management glossary - Projecta (in Bulgarian)

Video:
Project management - Google Video
Project management - YouTube

Discuss:
Project Management Discussions - gantthead.com

Q&A:
Project management - Yahoo Answers
Project manager - Yahoo Answers

Tests:
Self Assessment Test - oliverlehmann.com

Images:
Project management - Flickr

Learn:
Project Management - About.com

See also:
Topic of the Day - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Wipro

Keywords: India, outsourcing, Wipro Technologies, Azim Premji

"Wipro Limited (Wipro) is a global information technology (IT) services company. The Company operates in four business segments: IT Services and Products, which is referred to as Wipro Technologies, provides IT services to international companies; Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Services, which is referred to as Wipro BPO, is a third-party offshore BPO provider in India; India and AsiaPac IT Services and Products, which focuses primarily on meeting the IT products and services requirements of companies in India, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East region, and Consumer Care and Lighting, which operates in niche markets in the areas of soaps, toiletries and lighting products for the Indian market."
Source: Reuters

Corporate site:
wipro.com

News & Blogs:
Wipro - Topix.net
Outsourcing - Topix.net

Blogs:
WIT - SeekingAlpha
India on SeekingAlpha
Wipro - Google Blog Search
Think Flat - Infosys
Managing Offshore IT - Infosys

Finance:
Wipro - Google Finance
Wipro - Yahoo Finance

Images:
Wipro - Flickr

Video:
Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro - Google Video
Wipro - Wallstrip

Insight:
Indian Style of Innovation and Intellectual Property Creation - Arun Kottolli

Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/outsourcing
del.icio.us/Monten/India

See also:
India Blogs - The World 2 Come
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - The World 2 Come
Company of the Week - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: eBay

"eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is an American Internet company that manages ebay.com, an online auction and shopping website where people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. eBay also owns PayPal, Skype, and other businesses."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
ebay.com

News & Blogs:
eBay - Topix.net

Blogs:
eBay Inc. (EBAY) - SeekingAlpha
EBAY - Blogging Stocks

Finance:
EBAY - Google Finance
EBAY - Yahoo Finance

Audio:
EBAY - EarningsCast

Bookmarks:
del.icio.us/Monten/ebay

See also:
eBay - The World 2 Come
Company of the Week - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: ATT

"AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephone services, wireless service (Cingular), and DSL internet access in the United States. The current company, which is based in San Antonio, Texas, United States, was formed in 2005 by SBC Communications' purchase of its former parent company, AT&T Corp. As a part of the merger, SBC shed its name and took on the iconic AT&T moniker and the T stock-trading symbol (for 'telephone'). Despite that the corporation is considered SBC renamed, most of its major subsidiaries were part of AT&T prior to 1984, including the Bell Operating Companies and the long distance division."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
att.com

News & Blogs:
AT&T - Topix.net
AT&T - Digg

Blogs:
AT&T Inc. - SeekingAlpha
Cingular - Engadget Mobile

Finance:
AT&T - Google Finance
AT&T - Yahoo Finance

See also:
Company of the Week - The World 2 Come

Video of the Day: The Charlie Rose Show

"Charlie Rose is an American television interview show, with Charlie Rose as executive producer, executive editor, and host. The show is syndicated on PBS. Rose interviews well-known thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists, and other newsmakers. Rose sits with his guests in the stillness of his studio, across his trademark round, oak-hewn table and silhouetted against a distinctive, and oft-imitated, inky-black background. A new one-hour episode airs nearly every weeknight."
Source: Wikipedia

Official site:
charlierose.com

Video:
The Charlie Rose Show - Google Video

Guests:
- Clint Eastwood
- Robert De Niro
- Angelina Jolie
- George Clooney
- Warren Buffett
- Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Edward Norton
- Madeleine Albright
- Henry Kissinger
- Lou Dobbs
- James Baker
- Jimmy Carter
- Morgan Freeman
- Bill and Melinda Gates
- Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel
- Jack & Suzy Welch
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Pedro Almodovar & Penelope Cruz
- George Soros
- Arianna Huffington
- Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia
- John and Elizabeth Edwards
- Vinod Khosla
- Richard Branson, Virgin Group
- Terry Semel, Chairman and CEO of Yahoo
- Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy
- Bill Clinton
- Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart
- Jacques Attali
- Barack Obama
- Garry Kasparov
- Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp.
- Larry King
- Lance Armstrong
- Natalie Portman
- John Chambers, President & CEO of Cisco Systems
- Bill Joy
- Paul Saffo, Institute for the Future
- Esther Dyson
- Thomas L. Friedman
- King Abdullah, Jordan
- John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers / Venture Capitalist
- Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon
- Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney
- Ana Marie Cox
- Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric
- Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
- Karl Lagerfeld
- Anthony Hopkins
- Walter Mossberg
- Milton Friedman
- Nicholas Negroponte
- Gordon Moore, Co-Founder, Intel Corporation
- Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State
- Viggo Mortensen
- Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Chairman, The New York Times Company / Publisher, The New York Times
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman, Kingdom Holding Company
- Ray Kurzweil
- John McCain, Senator (R-AZ)
- Mark Cuban
- John Travolta
- Barry Diller, Chairman & CEO of IAC/InteractiveCorp.
- Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister, Greece
- Ed Zander, Chairman & CEO, Motorola
- Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan
- Les Moonves, President and CEO of CBS
- John Grisham
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Laurence Fishburne
- Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank
- Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent for CNN
- Kevin Spacey
- Steve Case
- Al Gore
- Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors
- Noam Chomsky
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Steve Schwarzman, Chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group
- David Rubenstein, Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
- Bob Wright, Chairman and CEO of NBC Universal
- Efraim Halevy, former director of Mossad
- Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel
- Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO of Google
- Sumner Redstone, Chairman of Viacom and CBS Corporation
- Craig Barrett, Chairman of Intel
- Cate Blanchett
- Sting
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey
- Nandan Nilekani, CEO of Infosys
- Jerry Yang, Co-Founder and Chief Yahoo!, Yahoo!
- Scott McNealy, Chairman & Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems
- Sandy Weill, former Chairman and CEO of Citigroup

News & Blogs:
Charlie Rose - Topix.net

Images:
Charlie Rose - Flickr

See also:
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Publicis Groupe

Keywords: advertising, marketing, PR

"Publicis Groupe (Euronext: PUB, NYSE: PUB) is a multinational advertising and communications company based in France. It is one of the top four advertising groups in the world. Its current president is Maurice Levy. Publicis Groupe S.A. provides traditional advertising, media services, and specialized agencies and marketing services SAMS) to national and multinational clients. Its traditional advertising services principally involve the creation of advertising for products, services, and brands. It also include strategic planning involving analysis of a product, service, or brand compared to its competitors through market research, sociological and psychological studies, and creative insight."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
publicisgroupe.com

News & Blogs:
Publicis Groupe - Topix.net
Publicis - MarketingVOX
Internet Advertising - SeekingAlpha

Finance:
PUB - Yahoo Finance
PUB - Google Finance

Video:
Maurice Levy, Chairman and CEO, Publicis Groupe - Google Video

Photos:
Publicis - Flickr

Insight:
Why Madison Avenue is in crisis - DMNews.com

Bookmarks:
http://del.icio.us/Monten/advertising
http://del.icio.us/Monten/marketing
http://del.icio.us/Monten/PR

See also:
Company of the Week - The World 2 Come