By Paul Smith, Cal Entertainment Exclusive Speaker Much has been studied about Sam Walton’s retail genius. But here are five simple lessons you can learn just from watching him sell an ironing board cover. . . The grocery retail chain H.E. Butt was founded in 1905 in San Antonio, Texas. Today H-E-B is one of […]
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By Darren Kavinoky Perhaps I’m just suffering from one of the Deadly Sins (like pride), but I really loved doing Breaking Point for Investigation Discovery. People have known me as a criminal defense attorney and TV legal analyst for a long time; what many didn’t know, because it often wasn’t relevant to my work providing “expert
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The magic is back in San Diego! Jason Latimer, the World Champion of Magic and judge on Syfy’s “Wizard Wars,” returns with a new role at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and a special limited-engagement of performances in the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater. Jason’s research and university lectures on the topics of invisibility, teleportation,
By Christopher Heine for AdWeek. Photo: Maciek Jasik Nancy Bennett is a virtual-reality marketing veteran. (Yes, such people actually exist and are about to become hot commodities among talent recruiters.) In the mid-2000s, Bennett had her avatar boots on the Internet-code-built ground ofSecond Life, constructing cyber experiences for her employer at the time, MTV Networks. Of
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“Words That Shook The World”: The Mario Cuomo Chapter In 2001, I had the privilege of spending an hour with Governor Mario Cuomo in his office in New York to speak with him about his amazing July 16, 1984 Keynote Address to the Democratic National Convention. I had chosen this speech as one of the
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By Robert Reiss for Forbes I was recently speaking with Michael Houlihan, co-founder of Barefoot Wines. This is the story of how two people overcame remarkable odds and built a beloved brand that transformed the wine industry. It is hard to believe that such an iconic brand as Barefoot Wines began in a laundry room of
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By Hilary Burns for Bizwomen After selling her namesake shoe company for $40 million in 2008, Taryn Rose said it would take something revolutionary to get her back into the shoe industry. Then Italian designer Enrico Cuini showed Rose his new technology for the ultimate heel — she was sold. The duo is launching a luxury, nine-piece collection
By David Howard for Popular Mechanics. BREAKTHROUGH WHO Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman Two Bit Circus Los Angeles FIELD EducationACHIEVEMENT Making kids want to learn. Brent Bushnell can summarize his plan for overhauling how we teach kids the essential subjects of science, math, and engineering—all disciplines children have struggled with mightily in this country for nearly a generation—in three words: lasers,
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By Molly Reynolds for Inc. Magazine How do you get a Millennial to buy your product? One company decided that it was by telling them off. Since 1946, Klipsch has developed a reputation for producing really loud speakers and headphones. After nearly 70 years, the company decided to attract a younger audience. New taglines began proudly appearing in retail
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1. You established the best-selling world record with more than 500 million books sold, translated in 54 languages. How did you do that? What made the difference? Jack and I are a dream team that had it as a magnificent obsession and we had it written on a 3×5 card that we read to ourselves
