Things Not Looking Good For Walmart
This is just so sad I don’t even know where to start: Walmart’s first response to the garment factory fire that killed more than 100 workers in Bangladesh was to deny that any Walmart clothes were made in the factory. Then clothes from Walmart’s Faded Glory brand were found in the factory, so Walmart switched to ...
Inside Wacky World Of Boing Boing
Fast Company has a wonderful, and detailed article on one of my favorite blogs, Boing Boing. Back in 1999, Mark Frauenfelder wrote an article about new web tools that made it easier to do something called “blogging.” His editors at the technology magazine The Industry Standard declined to publish it, concluding that blogging didn’t really ...
Amazing Inspiring Workspaces
Mashable has a neat photo round-up of ten inspiring non-traditional workspaces. Hard to pick a favorite, but just love this above pic from Threadless Tees.
Business Lessons From Five Guys
Just a wonderful interview with Five Guys Burgers and Fries founder Jerry Murrell. Their entire focus is on the product. The magic to our hamburgers is quality control. We toast our buns on a grill—a bun toaster is faster, cheaper, and toasts more evenly, but it doesn’t give you that caramelized taste. Our beef is ...
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
I’m only about 75 pages into The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, but it is every bit as good as Moneyball, Liar’s Poker, and almost as good as the The New New Thing. I just really like the way he tells a story.
Seth Godin's New Free eBook
Seth Godin is one of the only marketing “experts” where I would actually pay for what they write, therefore a free eBook from him is a joyful day. Well that is what you get with What Matters Now, a free 82-page PDF eBook where he asked a number of “experts” to write brief essays about ...
Info Graphic: The Visual Growth of Wal-Mart
I think we’re all aware there are a lot of Wal-Marts in the United States. But it really hard to grasp how their rapid expansion was until you watch this info graphic that visually shows how it occurred.
