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May 10 2009
by Todd Hixon
Vistaprint story: notes from the Nantucket conference
Tim Rowe (moderator)Fergal Mullen (Highland GP)Robert Keane, VistaPrint CEOChance meeting between HCP and companyTough deal: Fergal was a new guy, very big check ($50m), took the view that it was worth going for
$30m up front, $20 later, contingent on exiting outsource production contract
HCP decided to invite another firm in for $10m for which HCP was ...
May 5 2009
by Scott Johnson
Paying Attention
There is a very interesting article in the NYT today about how the brain concentrates. (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05tier.html?emc=eta1)
There is one quote I found particularly provocative by Winifred Gallagher.“Multitasking is a myth,” Ms. Gallagher said. “You cannot do two things at once. The mechanism of attention is selection: it’s either this or it’s that.”Now, as someone who is ...
