Surviving and thriving during job interviews
Your dream job’s on the line. Questions come, questions go. Rattling off insightful answers, you’re impressing the crowd. But suddenly, an interviewer…
Category: Business
A true page turner for new hires: the handbook
The latest hot crime novel just dropped. It’s a real page-turner, and you have it. Your heart pounds and you want to start flipping pages. There’s just…
Has internet killed radio?
You’re driving down the road on a warm autumn day. The windows are down and burning leaves scent the air. The speakers pipe in “Video Killed the Radio…
George Eastman and the rise of Eastman Kodak
If you have a snapshot of your great-aunt Gladys from 1940, you can thank George Eastman, the father of consumer cameras. Self-educated and from a modest…
Odd jobs: How the mud man makes baseballs fly right
It’s a closely guarded secret, passed down from generation to generation. It helps save lives and is an integral part of a multi-billion dollar industry….
Business tips from the greatest showman
If you want to learn how to grow your business, learning from one of the greatest showmen in history is certainly a good place to start. P.T. Barnum is…
Grocery self-service is an old, but new, concept
The checkout lines spill into the grocery store aisles and you suddenly regret swinging by to pick up dinner. But hey, wait! You can use the self-checkout…
Leaders: Peter Thiel looks to future
When you think of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO, may come to mind first. But venture capitalist Peter Thiel also played a major role in…
Canning history: How canned food revolutionized society
You might not realize it, but the humble cans of soup gathering dust in your pantry helped revolutionize the world. And believe it or not, canned food…
Before Amazon, Sears disrupted retail
Back in May, Sears announced that it was closing roughly 100 stores, cutting the company’s footprint in half. Even those stores that survived the…