“Money has no soul…it doesn’t care”.  Take a look at Shark Tank, a reality tv show from ABC where aspiring entrepreneurs have to prove their stuff to a panel of self made investors. A few kernels of wisdom and inspiration lie within…
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Link Farm – Multimedia (The Father of Invention)
An interesting piece from Nightline this past Friday night August 7th. The Father of Invention
Staying Positive in Negative Territory
A nice reminder going into the weekend about the power of positive thinking! Happiness Amid the Wreckage.
Link Farm – Multimedia "Twitter is Word of Mouth on Steroids"
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Link Farm – Nibble on Your Feeds
“Snackr is a new Adobe AIR app that lets you display items in your RSS feeds in a beautiful scrolling ticker on any edge of your screen. I am absolutely giddy about it after only a few minutes of use. Snackr is something you’d supplement your existing reader with, not a replacement. It is not […]
Family Business – Taking the Perks Away
“Companies are slashing benefits right and left.  But it’s tougher to lose the company car or a generous dividend when your dad or your sister takes it away,” writes Jillian Mincer in a recent Wall Street Journal article.  Small businesses in America, most of which are family-run, are now pressed to cut benefits and perks […]
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Diamonds Aren't Forever
One needed to look no further than the Vicenzaoro international jewelry show to see the world economic crisis is truly profound.  Held in Vicenza, Italy the show brings 1,400 exhibitors from around the globe to show off their amazing and quite expensive designs to jewelry buyers. I attended the event on its last day.  Needless […]
A New Word Every 98 Minutes
This past Saturday’s La Repubblica in the R2 section had a fascinating story about how frequently new words are created in a vocabulary, with English leading the way with 999.5 million words a year or one every 98 minutes. The Italian language was equally innovative with 300,000 annual additions. Last year, along with our partners […]
