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Google’s success story is a rarity – not many companies are able to pull off what they have, going from a simple search engine to one of the wealthiest, most innovative and best known companies in the world. But while most businesses may not be the next Google, smart ones will learn from Google’s business […]
In the daily grind so many of us get caught up in, it’s often exhilarating to lift our heads for a moment and discover some of the amazing ways good companies are working to change the world. Change may sometimes seem slow, but there are many out there who are creating and innovating, bringing world-changing […]
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It’s that time of year again. To celebrate the feedfest–and unofficial holiday season kickoff–that is Thanksgiving, we’ve compiled a list of 25 Thanksgiving quotes. Take them to the table with you this year: 1. “Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks.” –Irving Berlin 2. “There is no sincerer love […]
The iPhone is the Justin Bieber of all smartphones. In the US, one in ten people over the age of 13 own an iPhone. Sneak peeks of upcoming versions of the iPhone, both real and fake, sweep the internet like a plague every few months. 75% of Apple stores sold out of the iPhone […]
Share Science and Religion… here are two things that do not go together like birds of a feather, or peas in a pod, or pork chops in applesauce. But the two have to live together one way or another seeing as the world is technologically and scientifically developing at nearly the speed of light while […]
It’s true, not all of the older business executives understand the value of using Twitter. The micro-blogging tool is placing a human face on corporations that otherwise wouldn’t be able to directly communicate with their stakeholders. The Fortune 50 is an exclusive club of the top companies in the United States with a minimum entry […]
Inventions often happen by accident when scientists, or sometimes even regular people, are looking for one thing and end up finding another. Like when Nicholas Cage tried to make a fantasy movie and instead ended up with a hilarious ironic comedy. Here are 15 of those happy accidents.
It’s tempting to assume that in the back of every Wal-Mart (and some of the seedier Targets) there’s a machine that combines obscure, sterile chemicals and a dash of cancer into everything the modern human needs. Looking at the ingredient list of just about any processed food certainly gives that impression. The truth is some […]
Image: Screaming Monkey/Flickr Networking is a skill. It’s not just about elevator pitches and icebreakers, however. Place matters. How else are you going to meet the right person at the right time? The best places to network let you meet people under positive auspices. You share a common cause. You’re there because you want to […]
This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. Image: Wayne Large/Flickr Want something done quickly and well? Sic the swarm on it. Crowdsourcing, which involves a community of anonymous people completing a given task, has become an attractive labor model. Everyone’s seeking it out, from solopreneurs needing transcriptions to Fortune 500 companies looking for answers […]
Travel through 26 states. 15,089 Twitter followers. 9,726 Facebook fans. Dozens of major business goals knocked off. That’s what the 10 finalists in the Fairfield Small Business Road to Success Challenge accomplished during the three months of the contest. But only one small business could take the $20,000 cake, and that was ecycler, the recycling […]
Want to win on Facebook? Command your niche, hire interns to put in some serious social media hours, and give away something you normally charge for. That was Tim Ericson’s strategy. And Tim, the CEO of CityRyde, has nearly 4,300 fans* and a Fairfield Small Business Challenge Facebook contest win–he gained the most followers in […]
