Is there a direct connection between having happy workers and improved profitability?
A new addition of the “100 Best Companies To Work For” is released every year around this time. In this report employers deemed to have the happiest and most satisfied workers are heartily celebrated by the media.
Continue reading… “America’s happiest companies make more money”
When you think about the term “startup junkie”, what comes to mind? “Junkie” is someone who has some kind of addiction but “startups” aren’t a clearly defined drug that you buy on the corner. Startups aren’t really a definable thing at all. They are more like a messy, unpredictable process. Are startup junkies addicted to uncertain processes and outcome? Most startup junkies are actually addicted to something other than the difficult task of starting and growing a profitable business.
Continue reading… “What are startup junkies really addicted to?”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Last week I was speaking at the MD&M West Expo in Anaheim, California on the “future of manufacturing.” With over 2,000 manufacturing exhibitors filling the convention center, there was no small amount of interest in this topic.
Continue reading… “Fastest Way to Create New Jobs? Automate Them Out of Existence!”
Kaplan and Pearson have unveiled their new startup programs.
When it comes to picking an accelerator or incubator programs, ed-tech entrepreneurs will be spoiled by the choices.
Continue reading… “A deluge of new ed-tech accelerators”
Coursera adds 29 universities and institutes to their online venture.
Providers of free online higher education are expanding the ranks of universities that contribute courses to their Web sites. They are also adding many schools from outside the United States.
An increasing number of companies are requiring college degrees.
It used to take just a high school diploma to get a low level job like a file clerk. Today, it takes a college degree: the new minimum requirement for getting even the lowest-level job.
Continue reading… “A college degree is the new high school diploma”
Consumers like convenience. As with anything else, it is true with payment technologies. A great example is the trend of getting away from cash or checks and the move toward credit cards.
Continue reading… “The mobile payment race, who will win?”
There are seven innovative strategies to monetize mobile apps.
For mobile developers, monetization is not a simple process. Ads, paid installs, and in-app purchases can all generate revenue for mobile app developers, but they are not the only methods available.
Continue reading… “Top 7 ways to make money from apps without ads”
Aquaculture provides many products for food consumption like these sockeye salmon.
Jeffrey Silverstein, aquaculture program leader for the USDA, points out that 70 percent of the Earth is covered in water, yet only 1.5 percent of human food is drawn from it.
Continue reading… “A sustainable future for next-generation fish farming”
Apple’s suppliers in Asia.
Apple released a list of its 748 suppliers last month. According to a new data visualization by ChinaFile, more than 600 of them are in Asia, and more than half of those are in China.
Continue reading… “88% of Apple’s suppliers are in Asia, 11% in U.S.”
iCar
Steve Jobs wanted to build an iCar. But, some people tend to dismiss the idea of an Apple iCar as a crazy pipe dream. Not only is the Apple iCar a great idea it perfectly aligns with Apple’s history and mission. And here’s how they should do it.
Continue reading… “Apple iCar is actually a great idea”
There is no evidence that prior founding experience is translating into superior performance for social entrepreneurs.
All of the conventional wisdom and research says entrepreneurs with prior entrepreneurial experience outperform entrepreneurs who have never launched a new enterprise. Investors know that it’s often wiser to bet on someone who has started something before.
Continue reading… “Startup experience doesn’t help social entrepreneurs”
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