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The Innovator’s Dilemma: How Money Ruins Creativity

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When a company is young and strapped for cash, its employees tend to ask one question, over and over: How can we do what we need to do without money? That question supplies rocket fuel to a new...
    






Guns N’ Roses Land Police Captain in Trouble

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It all started with a Las Vegas police captain who helped Guns N’Roses guitarist Daren Jay "DJ" Ashba and his Columbian girlfriend celebrate their romance on a flight. However, it cost him more in...
    






Jeremiah Owyang: Profiting from a Collaborative Economy

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It’s being called the “Sharing Economy,” “Mesh Economy, ”  “Collaborative Consumption,” and now the “Collaborative Economy.” Whatever term prevails, it’s about a more efficient way of using valuable...
    






Ka-Ching: Mobile Payments Predictions For 2014

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There seems to be only one thing that matters in the tech world nowadays: mobile. It certainly has been the key for putting Twitter’s (TWTR) stock into the stratosphere.  But mobile has also...
    






7 Reasons That Russia Is Not The Soviet Union

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National Review published a rather overheated piece the other day that contained an entertaining line: “Russia has become the Soviet Union with a better suit”. The idea that Russia is fundamentally...
    






Bubbles, Banks And Bitcoin

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We are used to money being created by the state. Or rather, we are used to money being created by banks on behalf of the state. The state has no direct control over the quantity of money created by...
    






Plus Size Barbie Being Taken into Consideration

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We all know that the unrealistic measurements of Barbie dolls don’t apply in real life. Whereas the waist measurement of the average American woman is 37.5 inches, if the doll were to come to life it...
    






After Christmas Sales will be Good This Year

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In a similar manner to Black Friday season, this Christmas also face an early onset of shopping frenzy. Although shoppers flock to superstores a week before Noel, the After Christmas Sales are a...
    






After Christmas Sales to Break Previous Record

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After Christmas sales don’t necessarily begin after the main seasonal holiday of the Western World. Rather, they start beforehand, even by as much as a day prior to Christmas Eve. And while they don’...
    






Housing Outlook 2014: 10 Predictions From The Experts

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In 2013, the housing recovery was a welcome bright spot on the economic pages: prices were shooting up, fewer homeowners were underwater, and builder confidence was finally on the upswing. It’s...