I’ve just finished reading the book What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School. If you haven’t read it and can find a copy, get it today. Here’s an excerpt I found on Quora: Several years ago I met a Venezuelan oil and shipping businessman by the name Raphael Tudela. As I have come […]
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NY Times: Soon, we might interact with our smartphones and computers simply by using our minds. In a couple of years, we could be turning on the lights at home just by thinking about it, or sending an e-mail from our smartphone without even pulling the device from our pocket. Farther into the future, your
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The $20K House is an ongoing research project at the Rural Studio that seeks to address the pressing need for decent and affordable housing in Hale County, Alabama. Nearly 30% of individuals in Hale County live in poverty. Due to the lack of conventional credit for people with this level of income, and insufficient knowledge
CNBC: Oh, the beer run. That time-honored tradition of hopping in the car and heading to the local liquor establishment to replenish your supply of alcohol. Could it soon be a thing of the past? It just might, at least that is what U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is hoping for. He recently pitched the
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Enterprise News: Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer loves a good cup of coffee as much as drumming “Dream On†before thousands of fans. Kramer has launched his own whole-bean, organic coffee line, Rockin’ & Roastin’, set to debut in local supermarkets Trucchi’s and Roche Bros. and other New England stores in August. The cost will range
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Thanks for all your messages of concern about the Rim Fire. As most of you know I live just outside of Yosemite National Park, and if you’ve been following the news, or live downwind of the multi-state smoke plume, a raging inferno of a forest fire is burning near the National Park. When I last
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CNN: The image of the entrepreneur as whiz kid has serious currency in American business lore. But according to a new study from the Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City think tank that studies entrepreneurship, that image is a myth. For “The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur,” the foundation surveyed 549 company founders. Instead of a dorm-room
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Jeffrey Strain: I had a discussion with a friend this past weekend. He was trying to convince me that in order to start a business today, it costs a lot of money. While I will concede that it can cost a lot of money to begin a wide variety of businesses, there are also many
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DigInfo: Fishing Spirits, by Namco Bandai Games, is an arcade fishing medal game for eight players and features force feedback controllers. It will be in game arcades in Japan from July 2012. “This is a medal game that up to eight people can play at once. It’s totally different from previous medal games. This is
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Unique products to inspire and amuse. Baby’s First Smartphone. What’s next? Baby’s first Prius? Stay Puft Caffeinated Gourmet Marshmallows. I gotta cram for an exam, get me the caffeinated marshmallows, stat. Celebrity Phone Stickers. Uh, excuse me while I take this call from Einstein…. Meatball Bubble Gum. That’s Italian! Photos by thinkgeek/trendhunter.
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