3 Brainstorming Techniques to Fuel Your Next Idea
Brainstorming is such an interesting concept, it has spawned variations that seek to improve upon the original idea. That’s a little like the process of brainstorming itself: One good idea begets another and so on.
5 Lessons on How to Make a Successful Career Change
How these people found bliss after dramatic professional shifts
Reading List: The Power of I Am
Changing your mindset and inviting good things into your life can start with the words “I am,” Joel Osteen writes. But it’s the words that follow—positive or negative—that can bring consequences or blessings, says the best-selling author and pastor. “Whatever follows the words ‘I am’ will always come looking for you,” he says. In The […]
We’ve Met the Enemy, and It Is Us
The wind kicked up around twilight. Glancing toward the sky, they wondered whether the storm clouds would catch up to them. They wondered what else was in store and how they’d handle the challenges of the next 24 hours or however long this would last. Rain began to fall as they marched some 10 kilometers […]
Steve Case Hits the Road for His Rise of the Rest Tour
Torrents of rainwater rush down neighborhood streets into intersections and storm drains. A dozen or so people hurry under shared umbrellas behind a salt-and-pepper-haired man in a fleece vest. They funnel into a house along the way. The decibel level rises as they crowd into the narrow living room furnished with a couple of workstations, […]
The Birth of E-Commerce
Twenty years ago, someone ordered a large pepperoni pizza with mushrooms and extra cheese at Pizza Hut. Nothing unusual about that, except that the order was placed online in what’s believed to be the first-ever e-commerce transaction. From there, the e-commerce sales industry climbed (and is still climbing) to enormous heights. E-commerce sales in the […]
Entrepreneurship: The Road to Your Future
Jonathan Davis survived rounds of layoffs before the end came in May 2008 when his employer went out of business. Even before receiving his pink slip, he’d gotten fed up with the insecurity, the lack of control over his life and with the work itself, selling subprime mortgages. Ellen Pfeiffer was perfectly happy working in […]
