trailer for Molly's Game Opening this holiday season is the film Molly's Game , which is a biopic about an Olympic-hopeful who became an extremely successful poker-game-hosting entrepreneur. Molly Bloom, portrayed by Jessica Chastain, thinks...

short interview bites from Seraina Maag ; For more, see speech after honor Seraina Maag (Macia), age 49 , has had a remarkable international career in insurance and finance. So far, it has included these highlights: An idyllic childhood in the Swiss...

a primer on Electrochaea's storage process my NTD.TV Think about the sources of carbon-based energy--coal, petroleum, propane, natural gas. One thing they have in common is that they are tangible, transportable products that are not consumed in...

One take on the Korean Beauty Product Business Marketing communication is a primary component of the sale of "Health And Beauty Aids." Magazines and social media abound with "solutions" for problems that may or may not even need...

PBS : Why do we go to space? Planet Money , the podcast series on business from NPR, has obtained space on a satellite (owned by Planet ) orbiting the Earth and taking pictures. (But they still need a rocket.) This may sound exciting, but then they...

Tracy's Dogs, a different, non-profit, organization with the same mission Depending upon where you live, the puppies you see at your local adoption center may not be local strays...but rather may be imports from elsewhere in the country. There are...

one view of tax reform from the right-of-center Young Turks Proposed GOP tax reform promises increased global competitiveness of American companies. One of the supporting arguments of this is that the "U.S. has the highest corporate tax rate among...

one entrepreneur's method for profit from used books " Arbitrage " is a Wall Street word for selling assets (or companies) at a profit at almost the same moment you are buying them at the lower price. The Planet Money episode linked below...

George Clooney discusses corruption in South Sudan Business has a way of sneaking into politics in every corner of the world. When celebrities get involved, they can raise awareness and money with appeals that can be understood by those in the United...

promotional/instructional video from YouTube Hickies is a company that makes one product: silicone bands that connect the parallel eyelets of shoes semi-permanently. Their function is to replace shoelaces in a forgivingly stretchy way so that shoes...

image from linked podcast header As the baby boomer generation ages, one thing is certain--the need for burial or other end-of-life services will peak for more than a decade. As it happens, this coincides with a larger world population and less space...

Dyson and electric car; Bloomberg Two wealthy Britons have recently announced separate visions for introducing new cars: James Dyson , an inventor of high-end and efficient vacuum cleaners and hair dryers, now has 400 people working on a new electric...

Yeti cooler info While hipsters and hunters may seem to be at odds in these economically divisive times, one product seems to be enchanting those in many far-afield demographics: the Yeti cooler . The product was developed by two outdoors-y brothers...

James Freeman of Blue Bottle Coffee on entrepreneurship Blue Bottle Coffee is a start up that has recently had an IPO. Nestle purchased it. The impetus for starting a company (especially for a person who has the soul of a musician) is at odds with the...

One Briton's take on how to make a living in the music biz Ramon Ibanga Jr., professionally known as Illmind , wanted to make money in the music business. He faced the same disrupted revenue environment as others wanting to be involved in the music...

When a Kickstarter or Indiegogo project meets its funding goal straightaway, what can the entrepreneur do to keep the funding coming in throughout the launch period? Here is an example. Spy Fight launched on August 27, 2017--just over a week ago. Within...

from CBS News Should retailers hike the prices of supplies needed for survival when a disaster strikes? Does the "law of supply and demand" give entrepreneurs the right to buy up supplies, then re-sell the water and the matches and the gasoline...

part of an unedited video series by Jason Fried from 2010 Yesterday's blog addressed 10 skills essential to business success compiled by one analyst, but here is skill #11: the ability to write well. Jason Fried , CEO and founder of Basecamp (consulting...

Above: Ace Hardware sells Eclipse glasses. Photo by Doug Strickland/ Chattanooga Times Free Press , via Associated Press and the linked source article The positive side of the American spirit came alive during the eclipse. Entrepreneurs sold products...

from CBS News, Los Angeles Amazon did not require vendors selling eye protection for viewing the partial solar eclipse to prove they were selling "certified" wares prior to posting on the retail site. But it turns out SOME of the glasses...

from CBS News, 2 months before the eclipse Makanda, Illinois is a town of less that 600 people. But because it is located where the total eclipse will be visible for the longest period of time, it is a destination for many who want to view the total...

Dole video above of what occurs BEFORE bananas arrive in NYC Logistics is a major factor in management and profit. Amazon, UPS and FedEx are a consumer-end supply chain giants. But all products need to find a way to get to market. Fresh food that needs...

R&D investment 3/3 file provided in case you really want to know how data compression works... Life does imitate art...if you consider the TV series " Silicon Valley " art. The technological breakthrough made at the end of Season 1...

R&D Opportunities, part 2/3 trailer from Nordic Noir & Beyond: Follow the Money Investment in research and development to fulfill a need or solve a problem is one way to strike it rich while actually producing a product. The inspiration for...

image from Rockford Register Star blogs What global warming contributor is going to get worse and why? Air conditioning becomes increasingly important as the world gets warmer (whether or not you believe the warming is cyclical in nature or caused...