Tapped is a movie about water. The kind we drink in bottles that we throw away. Water that in many cases is free, municipal tap water that Coke and Pepsi repackage at a huge profit. Yup, Coke and Pepsi sell you water you can get for free from a faucet. We feel good drinking bottled [...]
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Values and Branding: Are You For Real?
May 13th, 2010 · → 5 Comments
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Tags:apple·cause marketing·causecast·gap·Julie Cordua·Kathy Eldon·livinghomes·Planet Green·red·smarty·starbucks·Stephanie Soechtig·Steve Glenn·Tapped·The Global Fund·the writer's junction
Stock Picks and Fake Smiles
September 17th, 2009 · → 5 Comments
What if I told you there’s a way to pick stocks that is so reliable you’ll do better than the experts? But in order for it to work, you’d have to give up something: Your access to information. Ignorance is power. In 2000, an investment magazine held a stock picking contest. More than 10,000 people [...]
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Tags:500 words·financial independence·gut feelings·intuition·Jim Cramer·LinkedIn·mad money·pick winning stocks·Richard Wiseman·stock market·universal energy source·Warren Buffett
Cult of Personality
July 30th, 2009 · → 13 Comments
I went to yoga the other night. The room was filled with so many acolytes their yoga mats were about a micron apart. It was like boarding the subway in NYC during rush hour and getting an intimate view of your neighbor’s armpit. Only in yoga it’s more exciting because the people are half naked and their sweat flies on you when they flail. That class lasted about 45 seconds for me. I had to leave. I don’t do flailing.
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Tags:500 words·Acumen Fund·Arnold Schwarzenegger·Groucho Marx·Jacqueline Novogratz·Lee Schneider·lululemon·Seth Godin·spiritual·Suze Orman·Tony Robbins·yoga
Fish Can Count and Monkeys Can Subtract
April 16th, 2009 · → 7 Comments
Bookmark this because it has the solution to the banking crisis. I’ve just found out that fish can count and monkeys can subtract.
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Tags:bankers·banking crisis·Duke University research·economics·Elizabeth Warren·intelligent animals·Jon Stewart·LinkedIn·science·TARP·Wall Street talent







