Archive for May, 2003

Feeding The Green Monster

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • May 28th, 2003 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

ESPN baseball columnist Rob Neyer convinced a publisher that they should give him a book advance so he could get an apartment near Fenway, attend every game at Fenway in the 2000 season, and write a book about it.
This qualifies Rob for God like status…


Darwin’s Children

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • May 24th, 2003 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Darwin’s Children is Greg Bear’s sequel to Darwin’s Radio, a book I picked up on vacation last year and skipped all food, drink and bathroom breaks until I was done with it. It was that good.
First of all, I think you must read the first book to enjoy …


Sales Commissions are not rocket science

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • May 4th, 2003 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Interesting article over at Inc. from a business owner who believes the standard commission compensation structure for sales people is bad. A lot of what he says makes sense. However, since most companies will continue to pay on commission, here are a …