Archive for June, 2011

When a Bad Suggestion is a Good Thing

When a Bad Suggestion is a Good Thing

Is a bad suggestion a good thing? It could be based on the volume of international press an Irish hotel received after filing a suit against Google because the search giant’s autocomplete function suggested the hotel was in financial difficulty (see screen print below). After repeated efforts to have Google remove the automated suggestion — [...]

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4 Ways to Manage Failure

4 Ways to Manage Failure

  Starting a business is so tricky that most are bound to fail. But failure teaches important lessons and can be managed, according to Colm Lyon (@colmlyon), CEO and founder of Realex Payments. Speaking at the second annual Dotconf (@dotconf) today, Lyon recounted his experiences setting up Realex (@realexpayments) around 11 years ago and gave [...]

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