Insights From A Smart House Innovator


Much has been written about the “Internet of Things”, and the promise of smart devices making our lives better and more efficient. One of the places most logical for this reality to transform our...
    






Why One Analyst Says Facebook Stock Is Hot Despite Site’s Dwindling Cool Factor


As parents and grandparents have joined the ranks of Facebook’s most active users, the site’s bread and butter — the teenage and Millennial sets — have increasingly turned their attention to sites...
    






The Startup Movement Is Not About Startups, Actually


I’m going to say something that might sound nutty.  But I’ll say it anyways.  The Startup Movement is not about startups. What could I possibly mean, you might be asking?  Did I drink too much eggnog...
    






Let’s Increase Our Innovation Capacity This Year


Since this is a time when many of us set new goals for the upcoming year, I thought about what a New Year’s resolution for the U.S economy would look like. As I am reflecting on the discussions I had...
    






Can A Latin American Entrepreneur Help Disrupt Social Media Marketing In 2014?


@giorodriguez  Maybe.  Keep an eye on Lance Rios, parallel entrepreneur, and first to be profiled in the new blog series, “150 Puerto Ricans” Several months ago in this column, I had a announced a...
    






Google, Apple Nab 345 Patents That May Govern Your Next Car


What will your next car be like? Google, Apple and other giants of the smartphone business have plenty of ideas. In fact, Google alone has 310 U.S. patents relating to areas such as car-based smart...
    






Becoming More Innovative in 2014


Organizations don’t innovate, people do. Organizations that are admired for being especially innovative don’t hire genetically different people than are available to the rest of us, they just make...