Not Silicon Valley or Boston. Not New York or Tel Aviv. A city without much reputation for innovation had 1,100+ people RSVP for a two-hour pitch Meetup. Here’s what happened. John F. Kennedy famously called it a city with “southern efficiency and northern charm.” Others say it’s “Hollywood for ugly people.” A century ago, apparently, [...]
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The Entrepreneur as Fine-Art Collector
It stunned the art world when Edvard Munch’s famous “Scream” painting fetched a staggering $119 million at auction this week. Turns out, a handful of founders are also collectors of works by Renior, Monet, and Picasso. Here’s a look at what’s in their living rooms. When Edvard Munch’s famous “Scream” painting fetched a staggering $119 [...]
5 Questions for Caterina Fake
The co-founder of Flickr dishes on her new start-up, Pinwheel, including its origin story (with a little help from her ex-husband). Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake’s newest start-up, Pinwheel, is an online platform on which users can tag a map of the world with personal stories, messages, and photos. I caught up with Fake for the [...]
What’s Wrong with Performance Targets?
Let’s start with a kibosh on smart thinking, internal collaboration, and external relationship-building. Most companies set performance goals and targets for employees and then monitor productivity. Professional services firms do so, normally in the form of billable hours. I’ve always been skeptical that this was a smart way to motivate great people so I was [...]
Alternative Way for College Students
Man's Business is Becoming The Catalyst That Sparks More Affordable Textbook Buying By Home Business Magazine Jonathan (Jonny) Simkin is founder and CEO of SwoopThat LLC, a San Diego-based technology company that offers parents with college-bound students a free service which can save them up to 75-percent on the cost of college textbooks. A recent [...]
Network Marketing: An Answer to These Economic Times
By Bess McCarty, Coach for Business and Life In these times, many people wonder if they will be laid off, or how they will manage inflation or retirement. Some want a Plan B, and some have found one with network marketing. They may start a network marketing business as a backup while working, or [...]
Setting it Straight on Internet Marketing and SEO
Consultant Helps Home Businesses and Warns of Search Engine Submission Scams A native of Boston, Phil Sirkin received his BA at Brandeis University and his MBA at Boston College, and spent 25 years in the radio industry in New England. He began his career as a writer, producer and editor for CBS, and later moved [...]
When Old IP Comes Back From the Dead
Deceased rapper Tupac Shakur came back to the stage via hologram. What does that have to do with your IP strategy? Plenty. For those who think their careers are washed up with age, take heart. Rapper Tupac Shakur may go on tour, and he’s dead. Although shot and killed 15 years ago, Shakur—or, rather, a [...]
Is Your Marketing Too… Nice?
T-Mobile tries on a new, tougher image in its advertising. Will it work? A look at the challenges of re-making a brand identity. Recognize the woman in the picture above? You might not. She’s frowning, for one, and she’s wearing black leather. She’s the T-Mobile Girl, a.k.a. Carly Foulkes, and last time you saw her [...]
Meet 3 Awesome Teen Entrepreneurs
What were you doing at 18 years old? Oh, playing video games? Well, here’s what you could have accomplished. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship honored 33 enterprising teen entrepreneurs this week at its first annual Dare to Dream awards dinner in New York City. The kids, jittery and dressed in their best, came from all [...]
