Business
Kodak’s Moment(um) Is Over
This sales chart of Kodak says it all. While camera phones and digital photography in general took off and were climbing endlessly, Kodak’s business continually degraded. The company who used to stand for a whole generation of photographers, consumers and artists … Read
How Many E-Mails Did You Handle in 2011? This App Knows It All.
Do you know how many e-mails you handled in 2011? How many replies you got or who you e-mailed with most? There is a free app by Toutapp that knows it all: YearInReview connects to your Gmail account and analyses … Read
Best Pivots in Business: Did you know Berkshire Hathaway was into Textiles?
There is an interesting discussion and outcome at Quora: users were asked what they find the best pivots in business. Did you know that Berkshire Hathaway produced Textiles before getting into the private equity business? Or Sony producing Rice cookers … Read
Guy Makes $55,000 / Year Selling Candy On The Subway
Alex “Tracks” McFarland, 25, makes $150 a day selling candy and fruit snacks on the D train in NYC. I would have never imagined one person can make that much money selling simple stuff on a subway, but great… here’s … Read
Domino’s Pizza Tracker. Quality Check…
Waiting for my Domino’s Pizza getting delivered and questioning what this “Quality Check” involves. Stage 4 has been blinking for around 15 mins now and I’m wondering whether my pizza will be cold by the time it arrives.
Copy/Paste Innovation: Paperless Post vs. Evite Postmark
Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery but the similarities between paperless post and evite postmark are insulting. Watch this video on YouTube. [via uncrunched]
How Agencies (really) Work. A (hilarious) Infographic
Here is a hilarious infographic of how agencies really work. Agencies are famously diverse. Big Orange Slide has examined a few of their species and drawn some arbitrary conclusions.
What Does SmartMoney Want To Imply With This Headline?
I just read the headline “Tech Stocks slip as Palm and RIM decline” and am wondering what SmartMoney (innovators of the famous “Map of the Market”) wants to imply!? As if “loser brands” such as Palm and RIM would have … Read
The iPhone AppStore Disaster – Why Developing Your Company’s App For It Is As Safe As Betting On Horses
A little more than a year has passed since Apple opened the doors to it’s AppStore back in July 2008, and the amount of love and hate alike in blogs all around the internet is showing the huge impact it … Read
Seth Godin On Social Networking
Interesting thoughts by Seth Godin on Social Networking. Video after the click. Networking is always important when it’s real and it’s a useless distraction when it’s fake… It’s worthless to have lots and lots of friends on Facebook ’cause they’re … Read
How Amazon Went From ‘First’ To ‘Biggest’
When Amazon made their move into eCommerce, analysts and experts alike where questioning their possibilities of success. Where the business world was putting at doubt the future and importance of online-shopping, Amazon was looking at the bigger picture of simply … Read
Living Off Google AdSense is a Myth
Anyone who has ever looked at a web page can attest to the fact that in all probability it was loaded with Google Ads. And anyone who has ever tried to make even a few extra bucks online is familiar … Read
Your Business On A Piece Of Meat(cards)
First I thought it was a hoax but knowing Eggvertising, Fieldvertising and other methods from the past I’m not surprised: Business Cards made from meat and lasers. Meatcards brings meat and lasers together to create the most protein-rich business cards … Read
Make $25 Millions Selling Toothbrushes
Puneet Nanda was like many parents: He couldn’t get his five-year-old daughter to brush her teeth properly. But unlike most parents, Nanda is a toothbrush manufacturer with an irrepressible entrepreneurial drive. Knowing that his daughter was fascinated by her sneakers … Read
