MIT’s video game simulator lets you learn MBA management skills for free.
Thanks to “Platform Wars,” a video game simulator, you can learn MBA management skills and strategies for free. It was created by MIT’s Sloane School of Management and anyone can learn elements of a business school education by portraying an executive at a video game console manufacturer online.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Between 1990 and 2005, immigrants created 25% of all the publicly traded companies in the U.S. These included some of our best-known businesses such as Intel, Sun, eBay, Yahoo, and Google. This same group of foreign nationals went on to become the inventors behind 25% of all patents filed in U.S. in 2006.
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Mobile credit card processing
Mobile credit card payment processing software innovations now make it possible for your charitable organization or non-profit to broaden fundraiser possibilities.
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Recycling takes on a new form at Boxpark.
Boxpark is a new shopping mall built from standard-sized recycled shipping containers. Located in London’s ultra-hip east end, the shops are achingly trendy, with the majority selling tee-shirts, shoes and some jeans. All with attitude, of course.
The container village is painted black and white and contains 60 containers which are stacked two stories high and five rows wide. It is all a pop-up, easily plunked down…
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Instagram is the year end winner.
Apple released its iTunes Rewind 2011 and App Store Rewind 2011 today, the company’s annual lists detailing of the top selling apps, music, TV shows, movies and podcasts for the year. This year, the biggest winner on the apps front was Angry Birds, which ran away with the number one spot on the iPhone and iPad -in all categories except top free iPhone app, which was awarded to Facebook.
Apple also selects its own favorite applications, and one of our preferred apps, Instagram, won the honor of being Apple’s “iPhone App of the Year.”
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“Artisanal” foods are springing up everywhere.
If you are in the restaurant, foodservice or food manufacturing business you know that no matter how tough the economy is, people still need to eat. In the past few years foodservice entrepreneurs have shown a lot of creativity. You could almost say the recession has sparked a renaissance of restaurant industry creativity. Beyond food trucks, burgers and beer, here are some of the hot food trends for 2012.
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Fabless semiconductors
The advent of the fabrication-less semiconductor company was one of the most important events in the history of modern computing. The story of fabless semiconductors is similar to the recent history of internet startups: various forces led to an order-of-magnitude reduction of startup costs, which then led to a surge of innovation.
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The new bill will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and create jobs.
Have the Republicans and Democrats may finally agree on something? They have agreed that small business owners and entrepreneurs need better and more plentiful opportunities to gain access to capital, grow their businesses, and create more jobs.
Continue reading… “Crowdfunding bill to allow startups to fundraise online”
Santa wants his toys back, kids!
Many parents are choosing to rent toys this holiday season instead of dishing out big money to buy the latest and greatest playthings. In addition to potentially saving money, toy rental is a way to keep down the toy clutter.
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Eric Schmidt says that Google is actually acquiring around one company per week.
Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, just took the stage at the Le Web conference to talk about Android, the search giant’s expansion and more. When he was asked about why the search engine hadn’t acquired any French companies, Schmidt jokingly commented on stage that Google was now buying around one company a day.
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Forget the holiday party this year, employees want cash.
Companies shouldn’t bother planning to spend thousands of dollars for staff Christmas parties, even with open bars because most U.S. employees would prefer money.
Continue reading… “Employees prefer cash bonus to holiday party in 2011: Survey”
A record number of background checks for gun purchases were performed over the Black Friday weekend, the FBI says.
Black Friday shoppers seized hot items like sleek flat-screen televisions, smartphones, computers and cut-rate designer clothing, But the shoppers also seized on another hot item for 2011: guns.
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