Eric Garner decision
I usually write about technology but the events of the past few weeks have left my heart heavy. Two separate grand juries have neglected to indict two police officers in the death of two unarmed black men. This country is at a crossroads. Unless we deal with these injustices head on, they will continue. And the anger felt in communities of color across the country will no longer be a s low burn but will
10 great books every entrepreneur should read
1. Zero To One - Thiel 2. The Mobile Mind Shift - Schadler & Bernoff 3. The War of Art - Pressfield 4. The Innovator's Dilemma - Christensen 5. The Lean Startup - Eric Ries 6. Mastery - Green 7.Venture Deals - Brad Feld 8.The Hard Thing about Hard Things - Horowitz 9.The Startup of You - Reid Hoffman 10. Redesigning Leadership - John Maeda
Hacking STEM-ed
The digital divide is important. I’ve written and spoken about the widening chasm that exists between the digital haves and have-nots before and its been covered ad-nauseum. As of late, the accepted solution appears to be STEM education. For those of you who still don’t know what this ever-present acronym refers to, it stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This, it seems, is the much-trumped panacea for all that ails people of color and
Mobile dominates Black Friday sales
Need more convincing that mobile is here to stay? Look no further than recent Black Friday stats*. With online traffic driving overall sales, mobile sales were a whopping 39% of ALL online traffic up 35% from last year. Mobile sales were also up to 22% an increase of almost 43% from last year. This is huge. But wait, there's more. Smartphone and tablets lead the way driving online sales higher than before, too. Apple's iPad was
SoLoMo is empowering small businesses
Have you heard of SoLoMo? It’s not exactly new but all the cool kinds are doing it. You might have heard of big businesses like WalMart dipping their toes into the SoLoMo pool and popular apps like Shopkick that reward consumers for buying stuff. But, I’m here to talk about how SoLoMo (Social Local Mobile) is putting the power back into the hands of the little guys. And by little guys I mean the small
