Microtransactions and Beyond
By MARK PENN with E. KINNEY ZALESNE From The Wall Street Journal Microtrends Column Published March 2, 2009 With all the concern about America’s manufacturing sector losing jobs, it is easy to miss that the newest phenomenon is the wholesale loss of professional jobs, the very jobs that fueled America’s […]
By MARK PENN with E. KINNEY ZALESNE From The Wall Street Journal Microtrends Column Published February 19, 2009 Presidents and politicians no longer talk about simply creating jobs — now they are creating “green jobs.” Just in the stimulus bill alone, there are said to be four million new green […]
By MARK PENN with E. KINNEY ZALESNE From The Wall Street Journal Microtrends Column Published December 24, 2008 Just as more people in China are working for firms that are privately owned, more workers in America are waking up to find themselves working for companies that are — at least […]
By MARK PENN Published October 14, 2008 As Monty Python used to say, “No one expects the Spanish Inquisition” — which is another way of saying that no one expects the unexpected. And recent unanticipated political and financial events are a good reminder that everything could change in one fell […]
Mark Penn is the President and Managing Partner of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund focused on the marketing services industry.