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On Saturday, I was fortunate enough to participate in the nycfaminehackathon for 5050good (50 projects in 50 days to raise funds for East Africa famine relief) which was brilliantly led by Farah Bostic and Stuart Eccles of Made by Many, at Grind, who generously donated their amazing co-working...
Much has been written in recent week’s about America’s shrinking middle class and it seems that there are fast becoming two target audiences; an affluent group and then those trying to make the most of the limited budgets they have. While it’s easy to imagine what the affluent...
The computer printer has to be one of the dullest and least interesting devices there is. People have nothing, but resentment for their printers because they seem to do the least interesting work accompanied, by nothing but problems. They are poorly made from ill-fitting plastic components, they...
Bain makes a great observation in its new report- The Great Eight- Trillion Dollar Growth Trends to 2020- that there’s an opportunity to make already good things, even better. It’s a reflection of the increasing wealth of the marketplace and the desire for these consumers to have fresh...
In-flight entertainment systems have been the main area of innovation for most airlines- the idea has been to provide travelers with an ever expanding array of options from the comfort of their seats. The Airbus A380 because of its size- gives airlines a lot of options when it comes to innovating...
It’s fast becoming a fact that there’s a generation gap when it comes to ideas of business and business process. Quite simply, the internet has changed the rules and no presents a massive ocean of disruptive opportunity to anyone with the imagination and vision to capture it. The non-internet...
Yesterday, Wal-Mart made an acquisition of a company One Riot. It’s a purchase that could easily escape most people’s radar, since the company is tiny and focused in a very specialized area. On paper, the company is in the mobile space and provides ad targeting technology, but if you...
UK retailer Marks and Spencer is a strange hybrid; it sells both food, homewares and clothes which means it faces tough competition from a number of different players. Keeping the brand relevant and differentiated is critical and to do this the company recently announced a plan costing close to $1...
With a world increasingly moving towards mobile gaming, there are interesting opportunities to create more personalized and relevant experiences using data about gamers and their behavior. This suggests a world of individualized gaming experience and advertising that aren’t constrained by...
TBG Digital published some interesting research this week about ad performance on Facebook analyzed by time. They discovered some obvious facts that could be ignored by most planners. - Men are 42% more likely than women to transact during the evening hours - Women 50+ are most likely to buy during...
There was further proof of America’s decline in the recent Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum, it showed America slipping from 4th to 5th in the world. If America is looking to re-invent itself on the global stage and it’s clear that ingenuity and creativity...
Take a look at the video below from Gracenote and you will see an application to select music by mood. It’s an interesting idea and mood is something you see being played with by all kinds of designers from cars to hotel rooms. The idea of giving the user the opportunity to customize the...
If you happened to turn on CNBC this morning or any other news network, the news of Steve Jobs’ departure from the top slot at Apple was presented as massive news. The journalists and analysts struggled to find words to describe his impact on the world of business and culture as a whole. There...
The personal motivation business is worth billions of dollars; every bookstore you go to has acres of space devoted to it. People are obsessed with better understanding themselves and trying to set clear goals in their personal and business lives. It’s a like dieting, but for the mind; there are...
There’s a strong argument for agencies to move into the incubation game; the potential financial upside is obviously significant and the all kinds of side benefits that developing new technologies can bring. These positives are discussed in a recent post on Agency Collaboration Blog. However,...