Coffee, bagel and some reading material: All you need for the Monday morning daze.
Aug 092010
Jul 252010
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Jul 212010
For the second year in a row, Canada leads the Milken Institute Capital Access Index, an annual ranking of entrepreneurial access to capital around the world.
Great to see companies working to figure out ways to ween people off oil. The biggest issue with electric cars (now that many of the drivability hurdles have been jumped) is the ability to recharge batteries. Also, watch Immelt backpedal on comments he made about China and the Administration. Jack [...]
One of the world’s most respected institutions has warned of “catastrophic consequences” for businesses that fail to prepare for a world of increasing oil scarcity and a lower carbon economy. Businesses which prepare for and take advantage of the new energy reality will prosper – failure to do so could [...]
New York Times: Job creation has been disappointing, but first-quarter corporate profits were up 44 percent from a year earlier. Consumers are nervous, but the Dow, which was below 8,000 on the day President Obama was inaugurated, is now over 10,000. In a rational universe, American business would be very [...]
Jul 072010
“The ongoing success of Ford Motor Company is my life’s work,” he says. “We want to have an even bigger impact in our next 100 years than we did in our first 100.” Share, Print or PDF
When Joe Phillips was 22, he asked a cute girl named Heather to a Psychedelic Furs concert but stood her up at the last minute — he had second thoughts about dating a girl who was only 16 and his boss’s daughter. Joe and Heather laugh about it now: They got married eight…
Warren Buffett’s scheduled appearance before the U.S. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in New York.
Jun 022010
I’d get a lot more done if it weren’t for meetings, constant interruptions, emails, phone calls, etc. Share, Print or PDF
May 042010
Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers have something in common. They’re all different from everyone else. What are the characteristics that inspire insiders to innovate and others to follow? Share, Print or PDF
May 042010
Many companies attempt to develop standard innovation processes hoping to create a steady stream of new, groundbreaking products or services. Unfortunately, innovation doesn’t come in a box. Instead, companies must wholeheartedly support an innovative culture before staff will start popping out interesting ideas. Standing behind workers with a bayonet ordering [...]
May 032010
Have you seen the GM commercials that claim that GM has repayed the money it borrowed from the government? It’s the ‘feel good, economic recovery story of the year’. But it just sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? According to Neil M. Barofsky, the inspector general in charge [...]
