Semaphore’s Annual PE Industry Confidence Survey results

Is 2011 a Wasteland or Playground? It seems my industry colleagues have continued to be wrongly optimistic about their personal income against a backdrop of continued and decided lack of confidence in the economy and their national governments. That appears to be the...

Due Diligence Often Discovers Discrepancies

Our partner and colleague Jon Klein of The Topline Strategy Group explores one very public example. Earlier last month, Watson, a computer built by IBM, faced off against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two greatest Jeopardy players of all time and trounced them. Or...

The Real Jeopardy Story

Blog 2 of 3 in the Due Diligence Often Discovers Discrepancies series. As I said in my previous Watson blog earlier this week, Watson, a computer built by IBM, faced off against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two greatest Jeopardy players of all time and trounced...

Thoughts on Jeopardy Analysis

Blog 3 of 3 in the Due Diligence Often Discovers Discrepancies series I expect that there are many folks out there who will challenge our analysis. I’ve anticipated some of the objections and have addressed what I think are the three major ones below. 1....

An Office Lunch Table Thanksgiving Tale

At my Thanksgiving Day table we go around the room and ask each family member (31 this year) to relate just what it is for which they are most grateful. Responses are variously funny (“my big nose so I can better enjoy the smell of that wonderful pecan and pumpkin...

Results of Annual Semaphore PE Industry Confidence Survey

The Semaphore Confidence Survey respondents are truly prescient. If America had only listened to our results last year it would have saved the American people over a Billion dollars in advertisements and political machinations in the just concluded presidential...