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Sustaining as a Creative Entrepreneur I
09|04|2010
- Jay Maharjan
This is a follow-up piece on what I was writing on creative entrepreneurship. I was encouraged to explore further on the topic of creative entrepreneurship after receiving several responses, emails. I also had a great radio call on the same topic this week hosted by Creative Convergence.
As I wrote earlier in one of [...]
John Wooden on true success
06|05|2010
With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.
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Nano Entrepreneurship Forum
03|23|2010
Center for NanoComposites & Multifunctional Materials at Pittsburg State University, my alma mater is hosting 2009 nanotechnology entrepreneurship forum on April 24, 2010. Under the guidance of Dr. Chris Ibeh, a leading authority in the field of nano-technology, this forum will focus on nano science and the entrepreneurial aspect of bringing science to market.
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The East LA International Film Festival
03|20|2010
Friends at TELA SOFA Jose Yenque and Juan Escobedo are organizing The 2nd East LA International Film Festival. Film makers from around the world – Submit your films directly to TELA SOFA or email to us. TELA SOFA is a collaboration of professional directors, editors, cinematographers, writers, photographers, actors, fashion designers, muralists, painters, makeup artists, [...]
Why Shark Tank was a FLOP
03|08|2010
The following is a post written by a blogger Dave Phillipson. Even though I would have written few comments differently, the overall sentiment about the show ‘Shark Tank’ is accurate. Hollywood is known for replicating proven TV formats that are successfully tested elsewhere. The widely popular shows like “Who Wants to be a millionaire”, ‘The [...]
Calera: Possible game-changing clean energy technology
03|07|2010
By Chris Savage
This is probably going to look like a commercial for the Calera company but I’ll say right off the bat that I have no connection or financial interest in them.
What I do have is a scientist’s interest in them.
Here’s a statistic that shocked me: cement manufacturing is responsible for 5% of global CO2 [...]
James Cameron: Fear is not an option
03|07|2010
James Cameron’s big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic — from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving — and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar.”
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Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine
03|01|2010
Eric Topol says we’ll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine’s future — all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds.
Why you should listen to him:
As director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute [...]
We Are The World 25 For Haiti Video
02|14|2010
Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios) “We Are The World 25 For Haiti”, in which Jones and Richie serve as executive producers and producers, was created in collaboration with executive producers Wyclef Jean, Randy Phillips and Peter Tortorici; [...]
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
02|14|2010
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types…
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‘Avatar’ creator: Failure’s OK, fear isn’t
02|14|2010
Long Beach, California (CNN) — A lifelong fascination with science fiction and the ocean has driven “Avatar” director James Cameron’s career, he told the TED2010 conference Saturday.
“The ocean is so rich with amazing life,” he said beginning a session called “Wisdom,” the final one of the conference. “Nature’s imagination is so boundless compared to our [...]
Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective Entrepreneurial Employees
02|07|2010
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Fast growing, entrepreneurial organizations need employees who regularly demonstrate entrepreneurial characteristics and work habits. Management of entrepreneurial companies must work diligently to recognize, identify and attract this type of employee during the recruitment process to assure a steady stream of the people with the “Right Stuff” to fuel growth of the venture. [...]
JK Rowling: Benefits of failure
01|31|2010
JK Rowling penned the bestselling Harry Potter page-turners — a spellbinding, seven-installment fantasy of wizards, warlocks and decidedly British texture that brought her from rags to riches.
Relief Fund for Haiti Earthquake
01|14|2010
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The earthquake was the biggest to hit Haiti in over 250 years. Widespread damage and collapsed buildings are widespread. Casualties and death toll are not yet known, but are expected to be high given the quake’s proximity to the capital and flimsy construction of buildings. This Fund will provide emergency relief to [...]
Peter Drucker On Leadership
01|12|2010
What Needs to Be Done
Successful leaders don’t start out asking, “What do I want to do?” They ask, “What needs to be done?” Then they ask, “Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?” They don’t tackle things they aren’t good at. They make sure other necessities get done, but [...]
The Decade in Management Ideas
01|10|2010
Tis the season for “year’s best” lists — and even, this year, for “decade’s best” lists — and who are we to resist the urge? A few of us HBR editors (Gardiner Morse and Steve Prokesch helped especially) took the opportunity to look back on the past ten years of management thinking and are ready [...]
How to Reduce Your Small Business Tax Bill
01|10|2010
A look at helpful year-end tax tips, advice on making smart elections, and good tax resources for the small business owner.
By Elizabeth Wasserman | Dec 1, 2009
In life, it’s said that two things are certain – death and taxes. But in business there’s only one certainty: taxes. Tax obligations go hand-in-hand with running a business. From [...]
10 Hot Business Opportunities for 2010
01|10|2010
Wondering if this is a good time to start a business? Thinking of quitting the rank and file and joining the ranks of the entrepreneur? Well, you’re not alone. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas’ job market index, 8.7 percent of job seekers started their own business in the second quarter of 2009.
Of course, if [...]
Entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs hosts Vegas club opening
01|04|2010
Sean “Diddy” Combs hosts the grand opening of Vanity nightclub inside HRH Tower at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The club was created by HRH and baseball player Jason Giambi.
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Interview with Pam Shriver
12|28|2009
Jay Maharjan interviews Pam Shriver, the former professional tennis player and currently ESPN anchor who captured 21 singles titles and 112 doubles titles throughout her career. Shriver shares her entrepreneurial experience, clarifies her controversial comment about Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer
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Silicon Valley going through Innovation crisis?
04|13|2009
By Steve Hamm
Transmeta Corp. (TMTA) once embodied the Silicon Valley dream. Starting in 1995, the company raised more than $300 million in a nervy bid to reinvent the market for chips powering portable computers. Yet Transmeta struggled in recent years, and the grand hopes officially ended on [...]
Too small to fail?
01|27|2009
Excerpt from Columbia Business School Ideas At Work Blog
Innovative, upstart ventures have a crucial role to play in economic recovery, says Michael A. M. Keehner, who suggests it may be time to give entrepreneurs a stimulus package of their own.
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Lately, the notion of getting a bailout has become embedded in American [...]
Energy: Use Less –Save More
01|27|2009
Book by Jon Clift, Amanda Cuthbert
100 energy saving tips for everything in your home or business.
Did you know . . .
Heating and cooling account for about 56% of the energy use in a typical home
Energy-efficient light bulbs last about 12 times longer than ordinary bulbs, and consume about 1/5 of the energy
If we all [...]
Tulane University Business Plan Competition
01|26|2009
About Tulane Business Competition:
The Tulane Business Plan Competition is a $40,000 live-presentation competition held annually on Tulane’s uptown campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event, which is in its 9th year, is OPEN TO ALL students, both undergraduate and graduate, currently enrolled at an accredited university or college.
Participants must choose to submit their [...]
6 upcoming MBA related events in Los Angeles
01|21|2009
6 upcoming MBA related events:
2009 MBA Poker ChampionshipDate: Jan 16-18 2009Location: Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV
Hundreds of 1st and 2nd year MBA students and alumni from business schools around the country will participate in this tournament weekend.
- Play Texas Hold'Em- Network at Special Events hosted by Top Companies- Win Awards and [...]
Kids Write To President Obama: “No School On Fridays. Stop Global Warming.”
01|20|2009
As part of election coverage at The Park School in Brookline, MA, fifth graders completed an online survey hosted by author Susan Goodman. In their survey answers, the kids expressed concern about taxes, jobs, immigration, and health care. More than anything else, these kids want the Obama Administration to help the environment.
According [...]
Text of Obama’s speech – ‘There is work to be done’
01|20|2009
President Barack Obama's inaugural address, as prepared for delivery:
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation [...]
Yet Another Proof that Social Media Works
01|20|2009
After a long three months of job searching using every available tool, looks like I have landed myself a position as a Content Manager at a Forex startup. At the risk of giving myself a huge jinx before I even start the job, I wanted to share with you my experience over the [...]
Is Twitter A Market Manipulator’s Dream?
01|19|2009
by Darren Rowse
Jonathan Fields from CareerRenegade.com and JonathanFields.com (follow him at @jonathanfields) asks whether Twitter is a Market Manipulator’s Dream?
On The Drill Down on Friday, Andy, Mu, Reg and Lid had a great discussion about the speed with which the twitterspere can bring news to the world, often breaking stories before even the [...]
Best Small Businesses to Start
01|19|2009
By Matthew Bandyk
America's economic future is uncertain. Unemployment is up sharply. Credit is tight. People are worried about their savings. So is it a great time to start a business? "Are you crazy?" might be the quick answer.
But it's not necessarily the right answer. Starting a business has always been a bold, risky move. [...]
How To Send Email Text Messages To Any Cell Phone (for Free) from your computer
01|17|2009
Why am I blogging about SMS on a healthcare blog? Many don’t realize they can send a text message from your computer to a cell phone, and it can be very helpful at times. When you are on your computer, why stop and and pick up the cell phone to send a quick text message? [...]
Web 2.0 is so over. Welcome to Web 3.0
01|17|2009
By Jessi Hempel
(Fortune Magazine) — Financially speaking, Web 2.0 has been a total bust.
Social-networking companies such as MySpace and Facebook have loyal fan bases, but they're not exactly minting money. MySpace's projected $600 million revenue in 2008 falls far short of parent News Corp.'s (NWS, Fortune 500) billion-dollar sales target for the site. Messaging [...]
Circuit City Liquidation: 567 US Stores Closing
01|16|2009
Bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc., unable to work out a sale of the company, said Friday it will go out of business _ closing its 567 U.S. stores and cutting 30,000 jobs.
The nation's second-biggest consumer electronics retailer is the latest casualty of an unprecedented pullback in consumer spending that has driven other brands such as [...]
Q&A: How to Survive a Plane Crash
01|16|2009
By Gilbert Cruz
A former executive producer at ABC's Good Morning America and a senior broadcast producer at NBC Nightly News, Ben Sherwood has written a new book, The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life, that discusses, among other things, what you can do to survive a plane crash. Sherwood [...]
Plane lands on the Hudson & Twitter documents it all
01|16|2009
By IAN LAMONT, The Industry Standard, IDG
Published: January 15, 2009
Wednesday night, I took the red-eye back to Boston, and wondered during the safety demonstration: Would the passengers on board a commercial passenger jet really have much of a chance of surviving an emergency landing on the water?
Now I know the answer, thanks to Twitter: [...]
Web Design Trends For 2009
01|16|2009
We Web designers are a fickle lot. We love to experiment with things. We love to observe how people interact with our work. And we love to try out unusual design approaches that might possibly go mainstream and become a classic approach. As result, new design approaches come up, and as [...]
U.S. Airways Crash Rescue Picture: Citizen Journalism, Twitter At Work
01|16|2009
Dan Frommer
Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida posts the first photo of U.S. Airways flight 1549 on Twitter from his iPhone. Thirty-four minutes after Janis posted his photo, MSNBC interviewed him live on TV as a witness (see video below). News coverage at Google. Live video at Fox News. TV reports suggest that everyone survived [...]
“Slumdog Millionaire” Leads British Academy Awards Nominations With 11
01|16|2009
LONDON — Underdog-turned-favorite "Slumdog Millionaire" picked up 11 nominations Thursday for the British Academy film awards, Britain's version of the Oscars.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which stars Brad Pitt as a man who ages backward, also was nominated in 11 categories, including best film, best actor and best director for David Fincher.
"Slumdog Millionaire," a [...]
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