When it comes to a marketing campaign the chairman will certainly never play the guitar again
"Would you mind terribly if I tried a little bit of market research on you?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet as we enjoyed a glass or two of Montanaro at The Revolving Mandate. "Well, not terribly," I said. "And since everybody else seems to be using me as a sounding board at present - even if I've never heard of the company in question - I don't see why you shouldn't have a go." "Very gracious of you," bowed the chairman. "OK, the aim of this game is that I read out a number of adjectives and you say which ones you associate with SmallBlueP...
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