By Jay Samit for the Wall Street Journal Venture-capital funds have raised more money than ever before because they know the world is fundamentally about to change. We are living in an era of endless innovation, where small startups are quickly displacing 100-year-old companies with billions of dollars in revenue virtually overnight. The self-made billionaire […]
By Sheri Linden for The Hollywood Reporter A documentary look at the American oil habit and how to break it In Fuel, his 2008 documentary, Joshua Tickell took a first-person stance for renewable energy. Six years later, co-directing with his wife Rebecca Harrell Tickell, he removes himself from the onscreen equation for Pump. Gathering expert testimony and a bright mix of
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By Rob Redenbach for The Courier Mail In theory leadership is easy – so long as you have ample resources, time and support. Of course, in practice, leadership is anything but easy… especially when you don’t have enough resources, time and support. It is often touted leaders need confidence. Having worked in places such as
Jason Latimer is an American illusionist best known for starring in the six live British television specials on BBC One’s The Magicians, and winning the competition. Latimer has developed a style of magic on an unprecedented level. With 17 consecutive championship titles and awards for his work, including the highest award and honor the world of
By Lora Kolodny for WSJ A Seattle startup called Anomo Inc. raised $800,000 in new seed funding in a round led by Maveron and Orca Bay Capital, according to co-founders James Sun and Ben Liu. Anomo’s mobile-only, social networking app was designed to help people forge new friendships, rather than score dates, gossip, or keep up with old
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By Andy Meek for Fast Company Video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell has handpicked rising tech talent from atypical places. He’s also responsible for hiring young Steve Jobs. One of the hallmarks of Nolan Bushnell’s career is that he’s spent decades hiring and enabling all manner of gifted renegades and imaginative oddballs. It was partly of out
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From P&G CEO, Bob McDonald, three simple words from a freshman cadet at West Point can help you hold your organization more accountable and build commitment to your goals. Take a listen to the podcast below:
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Jason Latimer The World Champion of Magic has teamed up with the Rueben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego, CA to produce the new live show experience “Perception: See Beyond the Illusion.” During a special limited engagement this summer, audiences at the Rueben H. Fleet Science Center will experience effects such as shaping water,
By Radio Ink Ken Rutkowski is a dot-commer from the early days. He’s one of the first broad-casters who went from radio out of a small town (Joliet, IL) to broadcasting over the Internet. He saw how big digital was going to be long before radio stations had websites worth visiting, long before social
Is there a more valuable medium than television for building for the subject matter expert? Is there anything else that delivers the reach of millions of eyeballs, plus credibility-boosting superpower, better than television? Notwithstanding certain exceptions, like being the subject of paternity testing on Maury, don’t people still believe that you know what you’re talking
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