Build-A-Bear evaluates strategic alternatives
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Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.  said on Thursday that it has hired Lehman Brothers  to help it evaluate its options, sending the retailer's stock up more than 13 percent.
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A strategy to cope with the market's malaise.
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As both Andrei Zmievski and Clay Loveless mention in new blog posts from each, things in the PHP framework scene are getting a bit out of hand.   Andrei's comments:   I know you might be lusting after Rails for some reason and want to have the fame, the glory, and the dancing girls of DHH, but are we not going to be satisifed until Sourceforge is filled with the object-oriented diarrheal remains of our overblown egos and delusions of grandeur?   And Clay's thoughts:   Build a cool app. Forget about your own personal stamp on the framework world; you missed the boat on that one. But, if you want to make a mark, the world is wide open for new and cool applications. Pick an existing framework, start building your app, and contribute fixes back to that framework's community as you find shortcomings in your needs for your app.   They're both in agreement, and on more that one point. They recommend the best course of action for anyone out there with "the itch" to really work with a framework - fine one of the already established ones and dive right in. It might not be your own code, but you can contribute your own functionality and thoughts into the project and establish your own little niche.
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A big company needs some big ideas in order to grow bigger.
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Will broad, long beta tests mean fast adoption? Others are doubtful.
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Don't buy without considering threat of entry, bargaining power, and more.
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In response to a previous article from the Symfony blog, Paul Jones has pulled together some thoughts to some of the comments they made.   As the author of a relatively popular benchmarking article, I feel compelled to respond to this bit of misguided analysis from the Symfony camp about benchmarks.   Paul talks about the "straw-man arguments" presented in the Symfony article, including some references to Paul's previous benchmarks. He's even broken it down into a point-by-point response to make each point clear.
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Home Depot gets the headlines, but Builders FirstSource has the value.
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By CLINTON MANNING  ULSTER students have been challenged to come up with a new product for Apple computers.   They have to come up with a strategy for the firm that delivered the iMac and the iPod during the the MBA Association of Ireland's Strategy Forum.
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A Web blockbuster is evolving to try to stay ahead of rivals.
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It's time to play with blocks again. Yes, it's Building Block portfolio time. We're going to see how the building blocks did in 2006.
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Using virtual markets to trade futures contracts on almost anything.
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Try these (slightly) more palatable tactics.
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A six-step plan to identifying great growth stocks -- and riding their success.
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I had an exciting talk with Ryan Sohmer last week about the future of Animated PvP. We sat down and went over our plans for the year and tried to come up with the smartest plan of attack for moving forward. Working on the animated series has been one of the toughest and most rewarding creative [...]
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Science and skill unite in the growth-investing universe.
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The firm teaches us a new way to fudge stock options.