Ill-Advised(?) Corporate Names — Exhibit A “Slack files to go public, revealing $400 million in revenue and $139 million in losses.” –Headline, CNBC.com (4/26/19). It’s hardly hurt workplace messaging company Slack, on track to go public later this year at a valuation that could approach $20 billion(!). But, you’d think the name “Slack” would invite...Read More
Flyover Country, Circa 2019 “Even the most modern communication technologies are limited: They can’t carry as much information as a real-life, face-to-face collaboration. Slack, email and instant messaging are famous for their inability to convey tone, and the resulting crossed wires.” —”Where You Should Move to Make the Most Money: America’s Superstar Cities“; The Wall...Read More
