I had just spent all the cash I had on a key business lesson à la Lavende Farms . It was a farmer’s market after all, so credit cards weren’t welcome. How could any more businesses have benefited from my patronage? For that, we have Richard Kaplan’s versatility to adapt by using neat, smart technologies to help him face cashless customers: …
Entrepreneurial Lessons from a Farmers’ Market: Part 1
With ardent determination to enjoy the panting July Houston heat, I ventured into H-town’s streets to see what afternoon delights she held in store. As always, armed with goodies, Houston surprised me: a fantastic Farmers’ Market filled with key entrepreneurial lessons: Lesson # 1 : Share your story Lesson # 2: Use new technologies to adapt Lesson # 3: Embrace your customer: Recommendations sell more …
Move the World – Presentation Lessons for Tomorrow’s Leaders
TED has some of the best talks ever – the content, the message, and the delivery are unparalleled. Needless to say, some of the best brains of the world contribute here. This is an exemplary instance of such a skill: Here, Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and Director of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer …
All that Glitters can be better than Gold
People have been talking about investing in gold as an inflation hedge for a while now. As Peter Schiff likes to point out, in the Roman Empire an ounce of gold purchased a Roman citizen a toga (suit), a leather belt, and a pair of sandals. Today, one ounce of gold will still buy a man a suit, a leather …