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Tesla Motors announced yesterday it has opened its patent portfolio in hopes of encouraging other companies to create new electric vehicles. In a blog post, CEO Elon Musk said this was done “In the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.” Musk also said that many patents tend to

According to Reuters, Mega Telecom company AT&T is looking at buying DirecTV for $50 million. You are going to see a lot of these mega mergers happening in the next 5 years. Why? Because outdated business models who have made billions during the information age are struggling to maintain marketshare, and their mentality is “do

Welcome to a new age of doing business. The information age started dying in 2010 and it’s finally kicked the bucket for good. Why does that matter? Because we as a society always place value on the our current age: In the Agricultural Age farmers were the wealthiest people around. During the Manufacturing Age factory

In the 25 years I’ve been a professional speaker I’ve noticed certain things come up year after year, time after time, that make a presentation weaker. When speakers include these things in their powerpoint slides it often turns your audience off and make it hard for them to hear what your really trying to say

I read a blog the other day that really pissed me off. But then I thought they might just have something… so I stayed pissed off but kept reading. Thomas Thurston, the CEO for Growth Science has developed what he believes is an algorithm capable of predicting the success or failure of a startup company.