Jeff Crites and I are in the process of starting from scratch on our version of MGMT323 for Fall 2008. If you go to www.mgmt323.com, the Guest Account is on and you can view the skeleton outline of what we have so far. Jeff designed the banner above, and has plans for it to [...]

So a guy is crossing the street, in the crosswalk, with the light, minding his own business, when things to go hell in a hand cart. Would you believe, he survived! Seems the big dent made in the side of the car that rolled over him perfectly aligned with his body, saving his life. Who [...]

I have been asked to address the forthcoming June 12th 2008 annual shareholder’s meeting of Service Concepts, an LLC formed by 32 rural electric utilities in Indiana. There will be 40 managers of Indiana Rural Electrics in attendance, as a minimum, probably press, and ??? The LLC focuses on things that can be done to [...]

   The following is from Shane McClaun via dailytech.com here and is a good warm up for our coverage of patents coming up this Friday. Hank
“MacRumors reports that patent application 20080094025 turned up and was filed by Apple employees – it covers a method of integrating solar cells behind the LCD of mobile devices. By [...]

“The Internet changes the rules of the game in how we communicate — creating an entirely new way to identify, reach, and engage with our markets. The shift to new media and new ways of marketing is not just an economic one.  It is a seismic cultural and social shift as well. Web 2.0, the [...]

In a past life, I was Officer In Charge of the FFG-7 Land-Based Test Site in Ronkonkoma, New York. Our purpose in life was to get the kinks out of a new Combat Systems that was slated for the new FFG-7 class of Frigates. One of my crew members was a First Class Fire [...]

This past Monday Michael S. Malone wrote an article in the WSJ with the lead title (p. A15). I’ve quoted part of it below. ENTR200K students can read the entire article online via their MEL connection. My B-I-L can go to a bricks and mortar and read the hard copy Thanks to Mike Cassidy [...]

Would you trust your computer to a company in a country where the picture below depicts what is technically acceptable? It’s in India, BTW. Hank

I am in the presently closed beta of a new startup sliderocket that is developing a flash-based competitor to PowerPoint etc, out of the can. The show below is a Q&D example. Hank
 

A basic tenant I espouse for entrepreneurship students is fractures and stresses in our Social, Technical, Economic & Political (STEP) environments often result in great opportunities for starting new businesses. Take for example, the current “housing crisis” which is resulting in record home foreclosures in specific areas. So what happens when a home is [...]