January 2015
Music Biz Lessond From Alicia Keys
Using Values To Evaluate Business Advice http://youtu.be/wDGFv0D4pEw Starting out, Alicia Keys wanted to be a member of a group, and she disagreed at first with the advice to go solo. But when producers wanted her to focus on the pop market, she fought for an R & B niche and succeeded massively. 2 questions come […]
Preschool Niche Inspired By Cultural Diversity
Entrepreneurship in Denmark International pioneer and entrepreneur After transferring to a new country, an aspiring entrepreneur spent two years researching the marketplace and discovered one way to fill a need confronted by immigrant parents in a new land… Startvaekst.dk http://tinyurl.com/ng5wwh9 Takeaway Immigrants or ex-pats face many challenges in moving to any new country.What are those issues? Analyzing […]
Teen T-Shirt Designer Ran Afoul of the Oakland A’s Baseball Team
Critical thinking means to evaluate…Someone forgot to do that beforehand Check out this story in the EastBay Express, Accused of Stealing Teen’s Design, MLB and Oakland A’s Stop Selling ‘Stoaked’ T-Shirts, Sam Levin: http://tinyurl.com/phlzx5g 16-year old Ryan Frigo’s story is filled with takeaways including: If the person who approved the use of the logo for the Oakland […]
Aptitudes, Abilities & The Theory of Everything
Stephen Hawking & Ripley’s Believe It Or Not One major takeaway after watching, Eddie Redmayne discuss his role as the iconic scientist Stephen Hawking, and learning about some of the people profiled by Robert Ripley’s Believe It or Not is that Hawking and many others illustrate that innate ability or aptitudes are not erased because […]
American Made Furniture Maker & Overseas Competition
Factory Man Most people know little about the furniture business and Vaughn Basset is not a “small business” owner but his story is an awesome example of David vs. Goliath in the entrepreneurial arena. An instructive and inspirational example of problem solving for aspiring entrepreneurs in any industry grappling with the issue of stiff competition. […]
How Humor & Creativity Add Spark to A Dry Topic
Victor Borge Eats, Shoots & Leaves http://youtu.be/lF4qii8S3gw Few people would argue that English grammar is not exactly the most riveting subject on the planet. But here are two instances in which different approaches to the creative process produced massive attention-getting classics in the book and entertainment fields. From Victor Borge’s memorable laugh out loud approach to […]
Finding Inspiration For A Unique Business
Historical Roots The word unique is often used incorrectly because it means one of a kind. But the following venture, profiled in The Globe and Mail, can truly be described as such. “East coast entrepreneur runs business out of 130-year-old lighthouse,” http://tinyurl.com/no3rz4v Takeaway includes… Note the entrepreneur’s family history and prior link to the property […]