Jay Samit for Harvard Business Review: OTT Video Is Creating Cord-Extenders, Not Cord-Cutters
This year’s Emmy ballot is being culled from the greatest number of scripted dramas eligible in the history of the Television Academy.
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5 Warning Signs Your Employees Have Stopped Caring – Michael and Bonnie interview for Inc. Magazine
How can you tell when you’ve lost the confidence, commitment, andengagement of your employees? The signs aren’t always overt, warn Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, co-founders of Barefoot Wine (now part of E&J Gallo), and co-authors of the new
Five lessons from watching Sam Walton selling an ironing board cover by Paul Smith
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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Darren Kavinoky’s Top 10 Takeaways from his latest TV show “Breaking Point” on ID
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 Reuben H. Fleet Science Center names Jason Latimer Curator of Impossible Science and welcomes him back for his live science and magic show, “Perception: See Beyond the Illusion.”
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,
Mario Cuomo – One of the Greatest Orators in American History
“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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The Incredible Story Of Starting The World’s Largest Wine Brand, Barefoot Wines
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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Business Journal: Taryn Rose is back in the shoe business, with a ‘revolutionary’ high heel
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
Two Bit Circus featured in Popular Mechanics about their educational carnival.
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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