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Rely On Your Friends To Cut Food Costs

Posted by Jim | November 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

I’ve been reading a lot this week about various forms of the Congressional Food Stamp Challenge. In case you missed it, the goal is to buy a week’s worth of food for less than $31.50, the average weekly benefit for a food stamp participant. While the intent is to raise overall awareness of the effects of [...]

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Posted by Jim | October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment

Three lessons from Steve Jobs With yesterday’s passing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, many stories of his wonderful life have been making their way around the internet. One clip that I found particularly meaningful was his commencement address at Stanford University from 2005. While directed to some of the brightest young scholars in the country, [...]

What MBAs Can Learn From Kindergartners

Posted by Jim | April 24, 2010 | 3 Comments

February 2010 TED presentation by designer Tom Wujec. How do groups collaborate differently to solve “The Marshmallow Challenge?” And why do recent business school graduates tend to under perform kindergartners? Learn more about The Marshmallow Challenge.

The Google Alphabet

Posted by Jim | March 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

I love Google’s search suggestion feature. After typing just a few letters into the search box, Google seems to know exactly what I’m looking for. There can be some pretty funny Google suggest results, but for the most part, the boys and girls in Mountain View know what they’re doing. For fun, I wanted to [...]

5 Easy Ways To Save Money

Posted by Jim | February 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

Saving money in this economy can be a challenge. Many of us have already cut out big purchases and trimmed our budgets as much as we think is possible. But saving even a few bucks here and there really adds up. Here are five easy ways you can save a little extra money this year: [...]

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