tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713903322765217177.post8416317181025830138..comments2023-10-26T02:30:10.313-07:00Comments on The Grassy Road: What CEOs care about - and how to get them what they needPenny Herscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644292941777984227noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713903322765217177.post-12436969258355453522008-03-30T05:29:00.000-07:002008-03-30T05:29:00.000-07:00AlanThe majority of the information CEOs want is i...Alan<BR/>The majority of the information CEOs want is in common - strategic and about their market. However, each business has it's own unique characteristics. <BR/><BR/>Our goal is to provide the common intelligence for strategy, customer and market information, but also the ability to tune. For example, I met with a CEO 2 weeks ago who wanted the usual plus our ability to comprehensively deliver up what key influencers to his market (analysts et al) are saying.<BR/><BR/>PennyPenny Herscherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644292941777984227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2713903322765217177.post-928975597728682482008-03-28T15:31:00.000-07:002008-03-28T15:31:00.000-07:00Hello Penny,I greatly appreciate your comments and...Hello Penny,<BR/><BR/>I greatly appreciate your comments and your passion for supporting CEOs with the information they care about - and how to get them what they need. <BR/><BR/>If I understand your service, primarily you provide sophisticated tools for executives to mine the web. <BR/><BR/>For the past 20 years, I have believed that the best way to support CEOs and other executives is to present information to CEOs the way they should want to see the information – using best practices for providing executives with strategically relevant information for decision making. For example, by providing CEOs with industry and company information that leverages the ideas of Michael E. Porter.<BR/><BR/>Do you agree, or do believe it’s better to start with a blank slate and ask each CEO what they want and develop a customized information architecture around each request? <BR/><BR/>After reading your blog and the services FirstRain provides, I’m wondering if the correct answer is both, which sounds odd because the two approaches are totally different. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Alan S. Michaels<BR/>Co-founder <A HREF="http://www.ecompetitors.com" REL="nofollow"><BR/>www.eCompetitors.com</A>Alan S Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148736926703441710noreply@blogger.com