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New Paint Removes Carbon from the Air – New Tech Feat. Tim Sperry

C02 and VOCs are in the air everywhere, causing sickness – but this is preventable with some incredible new technology. Let’s go behind the scenes with Tim Sperry. Tim is one of my favorite entrepreneurs I met as part of my organization Entrepreneurs That Make A Difference. Tim Sperry is the founder of Smog Armor […]

Shake things up

“They don’t see our vision.” That’s what Ruby Rose said when she decided to share about mental health and the challenges founders face. “Often times it’s frustrating for entrepreneurs because we are doing things against the grain for what’s normal.” But this is true for all walks of life in some aspect. When someone doesn’t […]

The Best Podcasts Are:

One of the benefits of living in the modern tech world is you don’t have to guess anymore when you see success. “How did they do that??” Often you’ll be able to get the cool behind-the-scenes info on a business podcast interview where a wunderkind founder tells all. The idea that we should all be […]

Can’t Believe My Boss Made Me Do This

Let me tell you this crazy story back in my corporate world job days… (Be sure to read my last blog How would you define leadership? here). At A Glance ∎ A crazy story when I worked in the office downtown ∎ Key takeaways – do we need bad things to inspire positive change? ∎ Work […]

What are some habits that rich people have that the non-rich don’t?

I was poor and now I’m in top 1% earners in my country, so I probably am competent to answer this question. Poor people don’t think about future, they are fully concerned about the current moment. They have not experienced financial security don’t know how to achieve it. They know very well what it means […]

HP Moves to Texas for Better Business Opportunities

HP – Hewlett-Packard began in 1938, like Apple’s origins the computer company started in a garage when Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard rented a garage in Palo Alto, California. Now, HP Enterprises (HPE), is re-locating to Texas. (Read the last blog: The Power of Day 1 Thinking) HPE broadcast this move on Tuesday. Right now […]

Discover the Power of Day 1 Thinking

Dieting and business have a lot in common – they both rely on systems that seek to scale results. They both share a common flaw: unproductivity due to complacency. Have you had a friend on a diet who does an intense workout and then eats pizza and ice cream? “Oh well, I’ve already exercised so […]

How to Fail Successfully

Fail fast, fail often, fail forward is a Silicon Valley saying that brands failure as a badge of honor, as if it is a secret right of passage towards success. This is both right & wrong, and I’ll explain why we need to redefine our relationship with failure. When a surgeon fails – that’s life […]

What Trump’s Loss Means for Solar Industry

If you’re living in America you’re going to see a big change for renewable energy. For his entire presidency, President Donald Trump denied that humans affect the environment in any way while boosting the production of fossil fuels. Trump repeatedly tweeted and announced that climate change is a “hoax.” If that wasn’t good enough, he […]

5 Quick SEO Tips – How to Increase Your Search Rank Result

SEO basics: Five tips & best practices to consider for your website SEO explained Here is an SEO starter guide for those who want the benefits of search engine optimization without spending hours googling and guessing. Let’s get started! Provide useful product or service information Step 1: Discover What Your Audience is Googling If you […]

AI Facial Recognition – Has It Gone Too Far?

Right now the future of marketing is in AI – artificial intelligence – which employs systems with the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without programming (read last blog about Woke Capitalism here). But when is this a violation of user privacy? How much is too much for demographic targeting? AI-driven algorithms build […]

The Problem With Woke Capitalism

Progressive values are now becoming the new Nike swoosh to rebrand companies as hip and “woke.” Centuries of institutions who are built on maximizing shareholder value over ethics is now being reframed but perhaps for the wrong reasons. The most glaring example is the 2017 Pepsi Cola commercial saying that a can of their soda […]

Google Search Algorithm Update – Jetski Shaman

Google’s Hummingbird Update: How It Changed Search Google just released a slew of brand new updates for their search algorithm which you’ll need to stay on top of if you’re using SEO and PPC ads on Google’s platform (check out Real Estate price drops in the last blog) The concept behind this move is to […]

COVID’s Effect On Real Estate – Prepare For A Price Drop

The normal commute to an office building for the typical 9-5 has been severely disrupted due to social distancing regulations and government-mandated capacity limits. As a result, office real estate space is gutted. Single-family home values may see an uptick as families seek to get out of cities and move to the suburbs for more […]

Why You Should Disagree With Yourself

You should disagree with yourself when you’re about to make a business decision here’s why: Every time we re-affirm what we think we know, we restrict our vision and ignore more possibilities. There’s a reason why think tanks like the Brookings Institution or the Earth Institute are comprised of many minds; additional perspectives help reveal […]

The New Global Privacy Control – Internet Wide Consumer Privacy Protection

Today privacy is a major concern due to the stolen data debacles of Cambridge Analytica. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) just launched the Global Privacy Standard to help protect consumer privacy rights across the entire internet. The ISO is an international standard-setting body made of representatives from various national standards organizations and it’s headquartered in Geneva, […]

How To Use The Einstein Technique of Combinatory Play

Have you hit a brick wall inventing a new product, trying to create a strategy for your business or personal life and felt like you’re out of ideas? You’re not alone, we all get “writer’s block” brainstorming how to solve persistent problems. Whether that’s how to rise above the competition, fighting custody battles in split […]

Techno-Nationalism – The Story of China & US Decoupling Technology

Are we about to have a new Cold War with China and/or decouple shared technology? It’s a pressing question on many businesses’ minds as international relationships deteriorate and sanctions are put into place. The partnership of think tanks and franchiser is well established between the two countries. Look on the back of any MacBook: designed in Silicon […]

How To Think Like A Winner

“The greatest obstacle to discovering was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.” – Daniel J. Boorstin How many businesses have closed their doors since March 2020? Over 100,000 according to the Washington Post. While there are certain obstacles that can’t be overcome due to restrictions the government has chosen to apply to cities across […]

The New Facebook Design: How to Switch Back to Classic

Facebook just rolled out the mandatory new Facebook design for their platform and many people hate it. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the 2019 annual F8 Developer’s conference (@ 26:52) that Facebook is getting a massive redesign “to make Facebook easier to navigate.” (F8 Cliffnotes here) The new Facebook design “FB5” has a lot […]

Google Duplex – AI Machines That Mimic Humans to Book Appointments

“A long-standing goal of human-computer interaction has been to enable people to have a natural conversation with computers, as they would with each other.” – Yaniv Leviathan, Principal Engineer at Google Google’s Duplex is an AI machine that can interact in real time conversations to take care of things like ordering from a restaurant or […]

7 Facebook Cover Photo Tips 2020

1. Make Sure to Follow Facebook’s Rules for Facebook Pages Make sure you have Facebook guidelines bookmarked and review them before creating your Facebook cover. Breaking these rules can result in your whole Page being taken down – which would be a bit silly when you explain to your clients that you aren’t able to advertise for them […]

Breaking News: Oracle Partners With TikTok

While the hype has been all about Microsoft purchasing TikTok, TikTok rejected Microsoft’s bid just this past Sunday and agreed to partner with Trump supporter company Oracle. IG didn’t want to be left out either. Instagram launched Reels to compete with the short-form video platform’s signature format. Reels provides the same features of TikTok but […]

5 Business Tips Every Business Owner Should Know

One of the biggest challenges owning a business is being a specialist in your own field, but a complete newb on the skills for managing a business and scaling it. You can dodge the bullet of making common mistakes many startup founders make by reading the following 5 tips every business owner should know. 1. […]

Prediction: Post C-19 Lockdowns The Experience Economy Will Boom

You just got finished checking your phone, perhaps your stocks, but you’re tired of staring at screens and the feeling of cabin fever rages inside, because you’ve been inside too long. Government mandated shutdown orders have created a new socially-distanced social life that is driving a hunger for more that will explode into the experience economy. […]

How to Use Apple’s Stock App

Apple has a great Stocks app which assists investors with prices updated in real time as well as a consistent stream of news articles from many media sources. This is helpful because while you will have your standard lineup of stocks you can check prices at a glance with, you’ll also be able to customize your […]

How Elon Musk Uses The Power of 1st Principle Thinking

While Amazon & eBay are killing it in the ecom sphere, Elon Musk is crushing it in a real life Tony Stark way. Musk co-founded PayPal, created and owns Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company that’s working on hyperloop trains to go from New York to Washington in 29 minutes. So how does a private […]

What Made Amazon & eBay So Successful

Amazon & eBay are successful companies but how did they get to be successful? In the real world outside of pure economic theory, every business is successful to the extent that it does something other businesses cannot. This is true across the board, just as companies that fail all share one common trait: they failed […]

Huge Potential of Extended Reality XR

Augmented Reality (AR) is the next big thing in new tech and there’s a reason for it: new developments are happening at rapid fire pace that is creating an amazing experience. AR adds layers of virtual objects to the real environment. In contrast to Virtual Reality (VR), AR is an interactive experience of a real […]

5 Top Tips to Avoid Zoom Fatigue

While working at Facebook I interfaced with teams around the world on video, which was cool when mixed with real life meetings with fellow Facebook colleagues but now everything is on Zoom. If you feel like you’re getting a lot more tired at the EOD than pre-covid19 you’re not alone. Zoom fatigue is a real […]

Nerd Batman: Business Profile of Dean Kamen

Meet Dean Kamen the inventor of the Segway and the iBOT — a motorized wheelchair that climbs stairs. Stephen Colbert took one for a spin. He lives on a island powered by wind & solar and holds over 1,000 patents. The iBot was revealed in 1999. The IBOT™ is a battery-powered wheelchair built from sensors, microprocessors and […]

Mapping the Future With Drone-Powered Reforestation

While the incredible developments in Cellular Architecture are paving the way for the future of biotech, another company is tackling deforestation on a whole new level. Dendra, formerly known as Biocarbon Engineering, has developed a system of drones that replant trees. They received 2.5 million in funding with some promising projects on the way. But […]

Cellular Architecture Might Just Save the Planet

As medical tech is rapidly advancing (re: Microbots blog), the world desperately needs businesses to step up and solve the energy crisis, global warming, deforestation and water problems. Fortunately, in our rapidly advancing world of interconnected geniuses there are solutions coming to some of these planet-wide issues that affect everyone. Something as simple as a […]

Microbots: The Future of Biotech

Entrepreneurs are at it again with an incredible new development: The Soft Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR). It’s a robot that sutures soft tissue with built in dexterity and AI learning abilities. Just the size of a small vitamin capsule, a robotic cylinder is hooked onto the end of a catheter. It’s inserted at the base […]

The Next Big Break in the Internet of Things

AI is huge right now, it’s at the forefront of redefining business and how we live our lives. Last blog’s article on Direct Mail still holds true for it being a great marketing technique with little competition but let’s fast forward. It’s January 2028 and you’re walking in downtown New York City, the vaccine has […]