Jessica Simpson is now a spokesperson for Stampede Light Plus, from Dallas, TX Stampede Brewing Co. She has a 15% stake in the brewer, and is the “face” of the brand, whatever that means, with lack of buttons down to ? you might call her presence something else - the body? - the hair? But [...]

Woot has just been acknowledged as the #1 fastest-growing retailer in the United States. They are also the fastest-growing North Texas-based company and the 25th fastest-growing company in the nation. These rankings are from the 2008 edition of Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 500/5000 list of privately held companies, ranked by 3-year growth rate since 2004.  [...]

Johnny Lee is a hacker’s hero. Stroh Brann, one of Purdue’s great entrpreneurship lecturers (like all of us, underpaid, overworked and unloved ) recently pointed out to me Johnny’s TED presentation which is below. The software and more info to make this run, which is trivial (for those of use who are electrical engineers ) [...]

Coca-Cola’s is screwing with labeling again: for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, for Coke’s Christmas 2008 effort, and for Ramadan in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia, and other countries with a great many Muslims. So now many Muslims may be happy campers, but people from other religious bents are coming out [...]

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And this just in from Bambi of Vator.tv: “Tapulous is well on the way to smash-hit status.  The Palo Alto-based startup, which has raised under $2 million in angel funding, only six months old and only launched in Apple Stores in the second week of July has already soared to over 1.3 million installs.  [...]

And this just in from SiliconValley.com: “Blogging is bigtime. Some 500 bloggers will be working the Democratic National Convention in Denver next week, some embedded with their state delegations on the floor. The Republicans have credentialed about 200 for their confab in St. Paul….And tending to the needs and sustenance of these content-generating armies [...]

PC World in Lame and Lamer: 10 Dumbest Viral Marketing Campaigns by Dan Tynan dated Aug 12, 2008 reported “When General Motors teamed up with NBC’s The Apprentice to promote the Chevy Tahoe SUV in March 2006, somebody had a brilliant idea. Why not let viewers build their own commercials on the Web? Promotional spots [...]

Stanford University’s ecorner has the below three minute 22 second clip of former HP CEO Carly Fiorina talking about the dynamics of change and fear.  She notes that entrepreneurship is about risk-taking, and this is always associated with trying something new. Fiorina concludes by asserting that change involves gathering enough energy and force to overcome [...]

If the State of Indiana wants to get serious about encouraging residents to conserve on electricity use, the “government” [spelled Mitch D.] should offer a tax holiday for appliances meeting Energy Star criteria. According to the previous link, As of 2006, more than 40,000 Energy Star products are available in a wide range of [...]