There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer. Peter Drucker, The Practice of Management “Imagine an NFL coach,” writes Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, in his important new book, Fixing the Game, “holding a press conference on Wednesday to announce [...]
How to install Lion over Leopard | Macworld
How to install Lion over Leopard | Macworld. A guide to getting past the ridiculous reality of needing to purchase and upgrade from OS X Leopard to Snow Leopard (paid) then downloading the app store, to be able to upgrade again (and pay again) for Lion.
EcoMotors
EcoMotors’ Mission “Clean, Efficient and Lightweight Propulsion Systems for a Better World” This credo is the essence of our mission, as well as of our passion. EcoMotors’ journey comprises the quest for ever-greater Power Density, and the enabling of globally relevant applications of our technologies. We dimension the terms of our Mission as follows: Clean: [...]
HackFwd
We’re experienced tech entrepreneurs looking to support and invest in Europe’s most passionate geeks. We’re a pre-seed investment company designed to enable great people to launch great ideas. Our start-up and support process accelerates the route to beta, profitability, and success. via HackFwd.
Rotary Hydroponic Gardens Volksgarden
The Volksgarden® brings simple, clean, and amazingly effective hydroponics gardening to the comforts of your own home. Grow what you want, when you want! The Volksgarden® unit allows you to grow up to 80 plants at once. Herbs, Vegetables, Fruits, and Grains can be harvested easily and continuously by even beginner gardeners. Like all units [...]
Building a second home in China
The past two years have underscored China’s resilience and dynamism. Its economy has been booming against a backdrop of global stagnation. China’s business environment, in particular, has been changing fast, with new regulatory policies and a rising cost of doing business affecting the playing field for multinationals see sidebar “Cautious sentiments”.But the real story, in [...]
Global forces: An introduction
Five crucibles of change will restructure the world economy for the foreseeable future. Companies that understand them will stand the best chance of shaping it. via Global forces: An introduction – McKinsey Quarterly – Strategy – Globalization.
Globalization’s critical imbalances
Future financial crises could accelerate the rebalancing of global economic activity from developed to emerging markets. To some extent, the rebalancing of global economic activity from developed to emerging markets simply reflects economic laws of gravity. In a world where ideas can flow freely and countries are at different stages in adopting modern modes of [...]
Kno – Manifesto
Kno is a digital textbook – and we use the term loosely – that is about to change the way knowledge is transmitted and the way students learn. We started Kno from a tabula rasa – a blank slate – to create a new slate. First we did our homework about the way students do their homework. We studied [...]