Stay Passionate to Prevent Failure

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You Can’t Buy Security by “Fitting In” Anymore

Freedom, Business and Change

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If conservatives want to run America like a business, they should never turn a potential customer away.

Can States Outlaw Free Online Education?

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Minnesota requires a registration fee, even when courses are offered for free, online. Is this justifiable? Can it be enforced?

Communicating a Need

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While some ideas drown in noise, 1BlueString is bringing the voices of the 1in6 men that have been sexually abused to the surface.

Learning From Mars

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What does landing a rover on Mars have to do with business? Everything, says Ken Goldstein.

The Ultimate Broker

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Ken Goldstein looks at the vast marketplace that is the internet, and how we can broker our wares with ever-increasing efficiency.

Dodging the Greatest Hits Graveyard

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Ken Goldstein discusses the lesson in courage and vision that gets a company (or a performing artist) from one-hit wonder to sustainability even beyond “greatest hits.”

Teddy Roosevelt Has Some Advice for You

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Ken Goldstein reflects on courage and creativity.

Steve Jobs Was an Assaholic

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Being a manipulative asshole was one of the Apple visionary’s keys to business success, but it was also something he tried to recover from outside of the professional sphere.

Thursday HuffPost Edition – Ten things I've learned from Steve Jobs

1. Form is as important as function. 2. Corporate presentations do not have to be boring, or text-heavy, or generic. Presentations are performances; they should be important, heady, image-based, funny, and idealistic. Steve Jobs made corporate presentations into events. 3. Good, visionary people are critical and irreplaceable… Read the rest of this week’s post here

Science: Finding A Way To Make A Solar Sail

Scientists may have developed a way to make space travel much more realistic, borrowing a page from science fiction.

Bye Bye Borders

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Borders and Blockbuster have been shutting down stores across the country, and last month both went dark in Fairfield County, Connecticut.