Reports come today that Billionaire investor Shahid Khan has pulled out of KYN, a business startup accelerator, thus causing the company to temporarily shut down as Khan was the main investor. Khan is best known as the owner of the NFL Football team, Jacksonville Jaguars. His investment in the startup accelerator was nominal (relatively speaking; […]
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A fascinating write up today on the shifting tide and thought regarding gay marriage. Now, bear with me…this is not a post in support of or against the idea. That’s not the point. What I find fascinating about this is how public opinion has changed over time, and how that change came about. I believe
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An interesting article from FastCompany today as to why Facebook was so driven to have users switch over to their messenger app. It seems that it is tied into their next big move: mobile to mobile payments. What does this mean? Well, Facebook is now taking a swing at PayPal as they throw their hats
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You can have the greatest product in the world…the greatest content ever, but if you don’t have a delivery system to maintain and sustain that product then you’re not going to go anywhere. Take for example a U.S. school that is now utilizing stationary bikes in their school learning process. This school in North Carolina figured
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Bloomberg’s Businessweek brings us an interesting story today about pickled doughnuts. Now why in the world would something like pickled doughnuts be interesting to us? Well, not so much for what it is, but rather for what it says about those who would provide something like this. To us and our ear, the thought of
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Report coming from WSJ reveals that LinkedIn, the online resume social media platform now wants to get into the business of ranking U.S. colleges. The rankings join a growing list created for a generation increasingly concerned about the cost and value of a college degree as the job market for recent graduates remains soft. The
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Steve Wozniak is known the world over as the co-founder of Apple. He is credited with creating the hardware behind what would become the Mac computer. Having started Apple computers out of a garage with Steve Jobs, it’s safe to say he knows a thing or two about start-up companies and taking your business to
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A great write up today on one Qiu Zhonghai, a revered school principal in Shanghai. He’s not just a principal, but he’s considered a pioneer in the education system and credited with leading one of the top educational system’s in the world. He has met world leaders, dignitaries, and has been credited with paving the way
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More than 10 years ago, Tesla Automotive set out to change the future of cars. They argued, and continue to, that electric cars are the way of the future. In the past decade they have worked hard at seeing this reality come to bear upon the conscience of the public masses. Have they been successful?
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An interesting story for us today at Fastcodesign on the future of wearable technologies. First off, what is wearable technology? Well, you probably already have an idea with the introduction a few weeks back of the new Apple watch that is soon to be released. Wearable technology, commonly conceived, is the idea of a watch
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Have you ever heard something akin to that before? What does that even mean? You may not know what it means, but you surely have experienced the effect of it if you haven’t done it. Recruiting the recruited is a simple reminded that even after we shake hands with someone, after the new hire is
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An interesting video was posted earlier regarding the form factor of the new iPhone 6 Plus. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znK652H6yQM The iPhone has certainly been eagerly awaited around the globe. One can see this by how quickly it sold out in its opening day of online orders. But as orders have multiplied,
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New data coming out today regarding data security breaches in the U.S. As many have heard, HomeDepot has had a huge breach of security recently. Not only were credit card numbers stolen, but also all sorts of other sensitive material was made up for grabs. Now we hear that as many as 43% of companies
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A fascinating report comes via Businessweek.com today regarding a survey that online educator Udemy put forward. Apparently, it appears as if Americans by and large believe they are in fact over qualified for the positions they hold in their job market. Though the results seem to sway towards males believing this in general, female Americans
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Big news in the U.S. that one of the largest do-it-yourself chains’ security was hacked, and they knew about it for months! Home Depot had its account system hacked, leaking thousands upon thousands of customers private information. As news has spread of the hack, it only gets worse as the days go on. Now it
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A storm is brewing in the National Football League, and the world is watching. Yes, the world. The NFL is a multi-billion dollar industry, and there is a lot at stake in how things are unfolding. At the heart of it all is one man: Roger Goodell, the embattled Commissioner of the NFL. Why embattled?
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News today that the Coca-Cola Co. will release their softdrink, Surge, in limited quantities for internet orders. What is Surge, you may wonder. And why is it relevant to me and my business this day? Surge is an overly caffeinated drink that also includes about a ton of sugar…and it was supposed to be a
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You’ve heard it before: Image is everything. Now, we know this is certainly not true. Substance, beneath the image, is really what matters. But what does a person see first: The substance, or the image? Well, if that’s the question, than surely image is everything. Microsoft has learned this as news comes of their acquisition
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In an interesting move today, some of the world’s largest banks are over-hauling the way they do their foreign exchange trading…and they are doing this overhaul quite publicly. Bloomberg has the report on Barclays Plc, Deutsche Bank, et. al., on how they are making quite a statement with the public regarding the handling of Foreign
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You’ve heard that saying before, right? “It takes a village to raise a child.” What does that mean? Well, a few things: Raising a child is not just an individual parent’s responsibility, but also the responsibility of the community around that child Everyone in the community has something to teach and/or contribute to the development
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