Been meaning to write this post since I read the article What Detroit Can Learn From Silicon Valley by Andy Grove (Intel) the Journal last week. I do not get too political on this blog and don’t wish too in this post. But as we live in the world of bailouts and government intervention, Grove’s [...]
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“We put the ‘no’ in innovation”
My wife handed me a full page ad today of Post cereal’s ad campaign that started I believe last month. The headline: ”Innovation is not your friend.” The tag line: ”We put the ‘no’ in innovation” Certainly an attention grabber. It certainly caught me off guard on first glance. And I don’t think anyone will [...]
A Project to Root For
Reading the latest issue of the MIT Technology Review and there is a good article about the Masdar Initiative. I find it hard to not root for success of the project: A $15B investment in aims to create a zero emissions city, a green metropolis as they refer to it. If you haven’t read about [...]
Creativity and New Ideas
Puneet Gupta, CEO of Connectbeam, and I were having a conversation earlier today regarding entrepreneurial thought and creativity of idea. I love these types of discussions, taking a step back and assessing where “we” are in general. They are always compelling and if nothing else, forces you to take a step back from your current [...]
Renewable Energy Power Grid
There’s a very good article, Lifeline for Renewable Power, in the latest edition of MIT Technology Review regarding the need for a revamped energy grid that can distribute power generated through alternative energy methods into the places the need it. There is always the ongoing debate on whether we even have at our disposal a [...]
