Tag Archives: Business

Photo Courtesy of CNN Last night I had the privilege of being in the room with Jerome Jenkins (above), one of the principals at C Jenkins Company in Ferguson, MO....

I've been on a roll for the last four or five months due to some seemingly small changes in how I spend my day.  They've made such a huge difference...

This past Monday, Bitcoin took a full punch to the face when Mt Gox went under seemingly for good. It also happened to be the day that I bought some...

Photo courtesy of IStockPhoto I'm like a record player  I keep goin' round With a needle in my arm Playin' someone else's sound -  "Like a Record Player" by The...

Walmart Labs is a division / subsidiary of Walmart.  The mission of Walmart Labs is simple:  Fix the Innovators Dilemna within the company. After struggling for quite some time, it...

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a live theater event here in Raleigh called The Game(ing) Show.  You can read more about their vision by...

I am excited to be writing about a project I have been working on for the last four or five months.  SwitchCoder is an application which allows you to build...

Having watched the last couple of debates (vice presidential and last night’s presidential), I am struggling to understand the obsession with bringing manufacturing jobs to the United States.  Maybe it’s...

I was working on a project recently and needed to find out if the prospective vendor could actually do the work.  So, I did what everyone else does in a...

I watched an interview with Salesforce.com’s CEO Marc Benioff from the Techcrunch Disrupt Conference which happened last week in San Francisco.  You can watch the entire interview here, and it’s...

If one is around technology for any length of time, there is at some point going to come a request to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).  An NDA in it’s...

Losing means that we came up short because we didn’t do all that we could.  We didn’t invest totally, and the result is a bitter pill.  We walk away feeling...

Last week I was a part of the launch of a really exciting new venture called The Story Company.  The Story Company is focused on poverty elimination in developing countries...

A while back I wrote about Birchbox and how much I loved what they were doing.  My wife treats the day that her Birchbox arrives like a holiday.  A few months...

We have been taught to stand around and wait to be picked.  We stand and wait to be picked for the kickball team.  We apply to college and hope we...

The big idea I took away from my day in NY was simply to keep asking this question over and over and over. If there are reasons why you are...

“How long have you been following Seth?” The question seemed innocuous enough, and yet it really rubbed me the wrong way.  I was asked this while sitting outside after the...

“The enemy is obscurity, not piracy.” This was a quote I wrote down about half way through the day.  In an era where we can read any book ever written...