RSS Feed for new content on All Franteractive Portalshttp://rss.franteractive.com/feed1.xmlhttp://www.franteractive.com/FlogoWslogan.gifhttp://rss.franteractive.com/feed1.xmlen-usCopyright (c) 2007 – 2008 Franteractive Inc. All Rights Reservedinfo@franteractive.comMon, 9 June 2008Hundred readers participated to express their opinion on who could beat who come November. The candidates were Hillary, Obama, and McCain. We concluded the poll the day after Hillary pledged her support to Obama. To see the final results, please check the link…http://economy.franteractive.com/politics/politics.htmlMon, 9 June 2008Obama has won the majority of pledged delegates. However, Hillary keeps the challenge going, asserting that if it was a state-by-state winner take all, she would be the nominee. Is that true? We have crunched the numbers for you, and also for the undecided super-delegates. Read more...http://economy.franteractive.com/politics/pst4.htmlMon, 2 June 2008Franteractive currently publishes two PRD or Product Requirements Document Templates: a 30-page template for Software / Internet products / solutions, and a 50-page template for Hardware / Networking Equipment products. Frequently, the genesis of great products in the high-tech industry, be they hardware, software, firmware, widgets, or gadgets, happens with a well crafted PRD, which articulates the Product Strategy and synthesizes the Product Requirements for multiple stakeholders --- customers, engineers, marketers, and company executives. Franteractive’s PRD templates have helped product managers world-wide for more than a year now. Franteractive is pleased to announce that prices have been slashed on both these templates to make them more widely usable world-wide. The Software PRD Template, which was selling for $49, is now available for $35. The hardware PRD Template is now available for $50. As always, browsing of both these industrial strength templates is free…http://software.franteractive.com/index.htmlTue, 20 May 2008The latest Franteractive Electability Survey / Poll shows that for every person who thinks that Hillary is more electable than Obama, twelve people think the other way around. Optionally, take a poll on whether the Democratic Super Delegates, by waiting it out, are part of the Democratic self-sabotage that is currently under way…http://economy.franteractive.com/Politics/pst3.htmlWed, 23 Apr 2008Since Franteractive started tracking mortgage rates a year ago, the 1-year ARM mortgage interest rates have barely budged in the last 1 year. This, in spite of the massive rate cuts by the Fed in the recent months…http://economy.franteractive.com/real-estate/mortgage1arm.htmlWed, 5 Mar 2008This introductory SWOT analysis of the McCain campaign serves the dual purpose of illustrating how a SWOT framework can be used for competitive analysis purposes. The SWOT illustrated in this article is that of the McCain campaign, as an Obama campaign strategist would frame it… For example, if Hillary was the Democratic nominee, it would be an opportunity for McCain. On the other hand, if Obama emerged as the victor in the Democratic primaries, he would pose a threat to McCain in the upcoming presidential elections in November...http://economy.franteractive.com/Politics/pst2.htmlWed, 20 Feb 2008… Either Obama or Hillary will be better than McCain for the economy, because a McCain presidency will budget big dollars for the Iraq war in perpetuity, a truly bad thing for millions of Americans, who can put that money into better use, be it relief for foreclosures, or be it universal health care...Obama seems to be able to match the Clinton financing machinations with small $25 contributions from countless Americans. Now, that is a revolution. People love him, and they contribute $25 from their hard-earned cash for his campaign...http://economy.franteractive.com/Politics/pst1.htmlThu, 7 Feb 2008As per my initial analysis of the Hollywood debate, Obama comes across with a thumping win over Hillary. However, I am not that heartless, Hillary. I know you desperately want to be President. So, let me give you a point. Hollywood California Democratic Primary Debate FINAL Score --- Obama: 3; Hillary: 2 ...http://economy.franteractive.com/Politics/hollywood1.htmlMon, 4 Feb 2008STP --- Segmenting, Targeting, Positioning --- is core to every serious marketing endeavor. Now, our article on the STP framework includes STP best practices as practiced in Silicon Valley by top high-tech firms, and as postulated by latest management research. For example, by segmenting customers according to the jobs they hire your products to do for them, you can justify better why a firm should buy your products vis-à-vis the competition...http://www.franteractive.net/STP.htmlFri, 18 Jan 2008Since Franteractive started tracking mortgage rates a year ago, the 30-year fixed rates are below 6% for this first time. The 15-year fixed rates are also down to 5.2%, down from almost 6% a year ago…http://economy.franteractive.com/real-estate/mortgage30.htmlMon, 14 Jan 2008... The current market correction of more than 10% has created a good buying opportunity. In general, one should invest in a well-diversified ETF to diversify the asset base one invests in. However, if you are prone to dabbling in individual stocks, dabble in something which represents a well-diversified business. Dabble in Citi. . . . Citi is an exception, since it is a giant, well-diversified business (in that sense, Citi stock is like an ETF itself), and has been paying regular dividends for the last twenty years. In fact, if I owned Citi today, the only reason I would sell the stock is if the company announced that it would stop paying dividends. Citi's current 52 week low has created a buying opportunity, the recent SELL recommendations from S&P and Goldman not withstanding…http://economy.franteractive.com/Markets/reco-c.htmlThu, 20 Dec 2007This industrial strength PRD package is focused on building Hardware / Firmware products and solutions. Sample sections in this PRD document which is fifty pages in length include Manufacturing Requirements, Regulatory Compliance and Homologation, Customer Success and Use Cases, Brand (Counterfeit) Protection, Product Requirements including Upgrade / Transition / Migration plans, Product Strategy, Product Positioning, Market Dynamics and Strategy, Product go-to-market strategies, New Customer Launch and Anti-Competitive Launch, Cost-based Pricing and Competitive Pricing, Product Localization / Internationalization, System Performance Impact, Preventive maintenance / Sparing, IP (Intellectual Property) Licensing, Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Responsive Supply Chain Design guidelines, Review Action Items, Glossary, and References . . . Attractively priced at $89, this package is ideal for high-tech firms serious about their product marketing and product management efforts. Please click on the link for to browse the PRD template for free.http://software.franteractive.com/hardware prd/pg_0002.htmSun, 16 Sep 2007