Satoshi Nakamoto’s message to financial institutions was: you are the problem and Bitcoin will disintermediate you out of existence. Yet today, financial institutions and other big businesses are making multi-million dollar investments in the blockchain technology originally aimed at nothing less than their destruction. Can...
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Posted by Alex Veytsel on Jul | 0 comments
Tony Greenberg, CEO RampRate is focused on sourcing and renegotiation of billions in IT services, blockchain tech / due diligence, ICO advisory and investments, large bitcoin trades, and solving chaos. He can be reached at t@ramprate.com.
The blockchain decentralization revolution may not be the first, but it is...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Apr | 1 comments
In our first article, we covered how the blockchain-based decentralization movement combines the revolutionary energy and brilliant minds of the fizzled turn of the 21st century P2P wave with 1000x the funding and investor welcoming of world-changing moonshots. But what do we do with that power? How do we ensure that the...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Mar | 0 comments
Blockchain is not the first decentralization movement. What can it learn from its most immediate predecessor – P2P?
While everything about the blockchain revolution may seem revolutionary, it’s not the first wave of decentralization. There’s a pendulum that swings between centralization and decentralization in computing...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Mar | 0 comments
In the wake of hurricanes, as the deluge recedes, regulators see a rising flood of complaints about price gouging for necessities such as water and gas. And despite contrary opinions from some economists, 34 states have anti-gouging laws on the books. Even if there’s no law, people expect a retailer to feel bad about...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Dec | 0 comments
The Tug of War – Ethical vs. Economic Decisions
Are your Eco Decisions for You or for Others?
This is the first in a series of articles on connections between the environment and our personal life choices. As a twenty- five-year macrobiotic, my mind and heart are fused in belief. I will examine eco-lifestyles, the green...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Jun | 3 comments
It Resources
Into the trap of not seeking help – and how they can take the time to be more than OK
We previously talked about the IT and sourcing teams’ reluctance to admit problems or fix them when they know there is an issue – whether cost, risk, or performance. Now we want to talk about the situations that are...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Aug | 0 comments
It Solution
How do we avoid making things worse with the solution?
In the last post, I talked about IT, finance, and sourcing managers not wanting to admit they have a problem. But even those who know they need help don’t always get it. Why?
IT solution – The last barrier to cross is trust in being able to find the IT...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Aug | 0 comments
IT challenges – After 15 years of running a consultancy for the world’s most powerful firms, there is one thing that still irks me. Every day we propose ways to make the lives of people we work with better and give them the tools data and methodology to make their companies more efficient. But whether it’s reduced...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Aug | 0 comments
Vendor Negotiation Original Posted on CIO From IDG
Negotiating deals with IT vendors is never easy, but it is a skill you can learn. Experts in the art of negotiating say it’s important to understand the vendor’s pain points, look out for hidden costs and keep your emotions in check.
The basic tenets of successful vendor...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Jul | 0 comments
It’s Time For A New Wave Of Investing
“You’re walking around blind without a cane, pal. A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.” – Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street”
By Tony Greenberg, CEO RampRate Sourcing Advisors / DeepStrat
A week before Groupon’s initial public offering,...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Jun | 0 comments
Excerpts from a presentation at the H+ Conference, Harvard University June 13, 2010
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Building a Services Market for the Transhuman Era By Tony Greenberg, Alex Veytsel & Eric Pulier
One man, one army. So we’re going to count down what we do....
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Dec | 0 comments
Buyers & Sellers – In the first part of our series, we examined the implications of IT buyers negotiating positions rather than interests and neglecting to examine seller motivations and organizational structures that may give them an edge. In this installment, we take a look at sales missteps that stem from an...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Dec | 0 comments
The Buyers & Sellers
Win-Wins Are Hard Without Knowing the Other Side’s Motivation
One of the first stories you learn in training to be a negotiator is the parable of the two chefs and the last orange they both need for their respective signature dishes.
After almost coming to blows, the head chef makes them split it in...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Dec | 0 comments
Human Operating System
The 5 Disciplines – Compute & The Human Operating System circa 2020
We’re making everything smarter – from our data centers to our watches. But this wonderful technology is and misused in myriads of unpredictable ways. On the one end of the spectrum, there are CIOs with access to the type...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Dec | 0 comments
Return on Investment
Paper vs. Plates is just one question in the bigger picture
Part 2 in a series on the conflicts between the environmental and the economical impulses in all of us, and how we resolve them. (repost)
“How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It’s really very simple and...
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Posted by Tony Greenberg on Jun | 1 comments
