January 2006 - Posts

Pass phrases instead of pass words
18 January 06 11:15 AM | Ivan Joseph | 1 Comments   

Interesting idea which has been around for a while but I don't know if popular. Instead of passwords which usually are coined based on birthdays, anniversaries, other interesting dates around ones lives - and which consequently may be less secure, use Read More...

MIT/ Sloan MBA has been offered a job
13 January 06 03:57 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

Those who have been reading this post might be familiar with the questions that an MIT/ Sloan MBA had posed which I had posted on this blog. Well, the good news is that he has received an offer with the Windows team. So welcome to Microsoft Vineet! Read More...

Customer Life Time Value and dogs!!
13 January 06 03:45 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

Increasingly businesses are recognizing the importance of customer profitability, not just in the present but over their lifetimes. Businesses that can do so accurately - (CLTV = NPV ((Sum (Revenue - Cost) * Retention Rate) - Acquisition Costs)) will Read More...

The power of CRM
13 January 06 03:36 PM | Ivan Joseph | 0 Comments   

I recently attended a two day training program on 'Data Driven Decision Making' - It was conducted by two Professors from Kellogg (that other Chicago school:-)) The program was all about communicating the power of decisions based on marketing data rather Read More...

The whole company takes a vacation!
13 January 06 03:18 PM | Ivan Joseph | 1 Comments   

Happy 2006 everybody! Hope it is full of good health and happiness!!! Over the holidays, I visited a classmate from bschool who works in Sun. He mentioned that at a particular time of the year, the entire company takes vacation. This is in the June/ July Read More...