Archive for November, 2010

Entrepreneurship

Random Thought Entrepreneurship can be taught, but only in theory. 50% of Entrepreneurship is understanding your market, achieving business concepts and getting the product to market. The other 50% is the willpower and the generation of ideas, and why you do what you do.

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Stuff That Should Be Viral: The 1930s High School Exam

Could you name the major industries of the US in 1931?   Could you explain why New England lost the majority of its textile industry? Could you explain how the US reached its pinnacle in 1931 after just 155 years of history? And finally, could you trace a route for coal from the mountains of [...]

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Random Thought

If you don’t believe anything or stand up for anything, others will make you believe what they (want you to) believe. And before you know it, you belong to someone else.

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Five Reasons Why Black Friday is Overrated

1. You can find similar deals all year long.  Some of the deals I see in ads from the past week are remarkably similar or the same deals that have been advertised since July and before that. 2. There is no point to waking up at three in the morning.  Ever.  Even more so when [...]

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

How Great Leaders Inspire Great Action

People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. This point, made by Simon Sinek [VIDEO] drives the point home perfectly on how products ought to be made and targeted towards other people, and marks for me personally, a greater understanding of how businesses ought to communicate with their customers.  For me, this [...]

Friday, November 26th, 2010