January 2008
17 posts
WatchBlake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes Blake Mycoskie, 31 year old founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS Shoes has an amazing story. He started the shoe company in 2005 after he traveled to Argentina on a polo trip. While in Argentina, he saw numerous children without shoes that also had cuts and scrapes on their feet. The premise was that for every pair of shoes sold, he would give the same...
“What man is a man that does not make the world better?”
– my thoughts exactly
Watchshort film ‘curiosity’ - seth godin, marketing jeanyus
Planning to trade up with your laptop anytime...
If you’ve got old computers, televisions, or other electronic doodads lying around the house, you might be trying to figure out whether it makes more sense to recycle or sell your gadgets on eBay. While selling used electronics is a great way to make a few bucks while keeping potentially hazardous metals out of a landfill, sometimes it seems like it’s hardly worth the effort. That...
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Lupe Fiasco - Gold Watch Turn those speakers up.
Stocks Plunge Worldwide on Fears of a U.S....
Fears that the United States is in a recession reverberated around the world on Monday, sending stock markets from Frankfurt to Bombay into a tailspin and puncturing the hopes of many investors that Europe and Asia will be able to sidestep an American downturn. On a day when United States markets were closed in observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday, the world’s eyes were trained...
WatchHappy Martin Luther King Day 2008.
“Don’t be so humble, you are not that great.”
– Golda Meir
WatchAgenda 2008, San Diego. This is the kinda stuff that I really like but I don’t have any sort of background in making hats, hoodies, or shoes..maybe I’ll get on that someday.
“People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been...”
– Russel Baker
WatchBill Gates is retiring from Microsoft this summer and had some fun with his keynote at CES
