“A billion people endure and suffer the irreversible effects of hunger and malnutrition,” Navyn Salem told me. Salem is the Founder and Executive Director of Edesia, a new nonprofit manufacturing company that produces life-saving ...READ»
Off-Court Success
Successful, hardworking, savvy, and humble; at the pinnacle of the game; and leveraging his good fortune on the court to have broader impact -- Steve Nash sets the example in many ways ("Transition ...READ»
A brief respite from the web analytics thread….
In the last few days I have seen an alarming number of
incidents related to carefree social networking that led to embarrassing
consequences. Therefore, it seems a ...READ»
Bloom Energy's PR team (agency: OutCast Communications) kicked off what might be its "Best Week Ever" in VH1 terms on Sunday with a 60 Minutes segment before the product even formally launched. I've been following the coverage that's ...READ»
eBay spoke to Fast Company about their ultra-secret trial of Bloom Energy's power cells: they're five times more efficient than solar cells and will soon run on biogas, eliminating CO2 emissions. READ»
If you keep track of green technology companies, you may have heard rumblings about Bloom Energy, a secretive company that has raised nearly $400 million from investors like Kleiner Perkins for its supposedly game-changing fuel cell device. Now the eight year old company is finally emerging from the shadows with the Bloom Box.
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Professional Snowbarder/2006 gold medal winner/duder superhero Shaun "Flying Tomato" White is nothing if not a multi-tasker. The subject of Fast Company's February 2009 cover story, he's turned down as many lucrative offers as he's ...READ»
Which brand do you think Americans most associate with America? Coca Cola? Google? A Vanity Fair/60 Minutes poll found that almost half of all Americans say Wal-Mart best symbolizes America today, with the mega-retailer notching 48% ...READ»
When our forefathers arrived on this continent they brought with them a vision of a new world with thriving commerce and raucous marketplaces. No matter what the media may be pushing on us about the economy, the vision ...READ»
President Obama has availed himself of almost every major medium in this month's PR blitz. 60 Minutes, Jay Leno, ESPN, CNN, primetime press conference, The New York Times. Now he's taken to the Web, keeping Americans apprised of his ...READ»
We know the drill by now: every few months Apple rolls out some new iPod model, seducing us to trash our still-shiny-perfectly-brand-new one. We tend to think of this as progressive design. However, these days progressive design must ...READ»
Wednesday's Third Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference <http://www.azentrepreneurship.com> was one of the best days of my life. Not only did 250 people show up in the middle of a recession to see each other and help each ...READ»
This past Sunday, when 60 Minutes aired a piece about the forsaken places that our old electronics go when we throw them away, I was reminded of the old Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer claymation holiday special about the Island of ...READ»
I was watching 60 Minutes last night. They did a piece on the Obama campaign featuring David Axelrod and David Plough, the campaign’s chief strategist and campaign manager. Steve Kroft asked how President Elect Obama was able to ...READ»
He's sent cavemen into the subway, posted lifeguards on Manhattan's sidewalks, and strung laundry across Times Square. Now Sam Ewen says the next big thing in advertising is honesty. Honestly.READ»
Mountains of cash, beautiful women, and a nonstop round-the-world party. Life was good for Calvin Ayre, founder of the online gambling powerhouse Bodog. Then he was gone.READ»
A simple stroll down the streets of Kinshasa reveals how precarious life has become in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This city of ugly half-finished buildings radiates both the optimism and the paranoia of a gold-rush town. ...READ»
Bill James is a really, really smart guy . . . who most people have never even heard of. And if you watch the video on him titled 'Baseball's Stat Man' (that broadcasted on 60 Minutes last Sunday), there may be some serious nuggets ...READ»
