Why A Lifestyle Business Beats a Startup
You’ll probably think the image above is from a stock photography site. Normally I’d think so too. But in this case I actually know better. I shot it myself just a month ago, while working remotely from a sailing boat
Don’t focus on ‘great ideas’, focus on great challenges.
Innovate to Save’s 'Identifying Challenges' workshop was geared towards helping participants understand the importance of considering the challenges and opportunities they’re looking to tackle ahead of generating ideas for improving services or creating savings. In this post, we share some top tips and
23 Reasons Why You Will Always Feel Poor
Many Americans are clearly not experts at managing their own finances and end up broke month after month. The cycle of overspending leaves them poor. Even if their income means they are considered well above the poverty line. A third
Every Small Business Needs a Computer Crash Plan
Recovering from a catastrophic data loss is entirely possible, but only if you are prepared. As business owners, we all know that in one form or another, at least one of our company computers is either going to completely crash, be
11 Design Tips to Enhance Your Social Media Images
We are humans and by nature, very visual beings. In the brain itself, there are hundreds of millions of neurons devoted to visual processing, nearly 30 percent of the entire cortex, as compared with 8 percent for touch and just 3
Coding is the new cursive writing – and we have to embrace it!
The third grade was an exciting time for me. I remember the dedicated class time learning how to cursive write and when my homework was to fill up an entire page with the same letters over and over. I
10 Real-Life Technologies That Will Turn You Into a Superhero
Science Fiction vs. Science Fact Whether you're looking to scale skyscrapers like Spider-Man or wish you could have Wolverine's amazing powers of self-healing, researchers are devising ways to bring extraordinary abilities to the average mortal, and some of these amazing technologies
My Phone Wants Me to Say ‘Thank You’
How to feel about technology that tries to improve our manners. Not too long ago, I applied to give a talk about the social impact of algorithms. The coordinator of the speaker series emailed me to set up a Skype interview,
Elon Musk Explains How A.I. is Advancing ‘Like a Tidal Wave’
A.I. is developing at an incredible rate, and Elon Musk wants people to realize just how fast computer intelligence is catching up with our own. During a Q&A period of the ISS R&D conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Musk emphasized
How To Create The Ultimate Office Space
You may think your home has run out of space for such an area, but it’s possible your basement is an untapped resource. Whether it’s already furnished or waiting to be redone, you can certainly rework it into a great