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,
Two Bit Circus featured in Popular Mechanics about their educational carnival. Read More »
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
Josh Tickell, America’s #1 Expert on the Millennials, featured in Inc. Magazine. Read More »
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
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
Josh Tickell’s newest movie “PUMP” premieres to great reviews! (Here’s one) Read More »
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
Our James Sun covered in the Wall Street Journal about his new viral App Read More »
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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