A recent New York Times article depicts Sweden’s amazing efforts to decrease their use of fossil fuels. The most admirable aspect of Sweden’s efforts- also the key to their success- is that the country uses what it’s got; instead of turning to solar energy or wind turbines (two approaches that would both be inappropriate for [...]
This awesome article in INC. Magazine, titled, “The Way I Work,” features Daniel and captures exactly how our CEO works! We are super proud that Daniel was featured in INC. and are even prouder that he is the fast paced, driven, successful worker that the article describes! by Adeena Schlussel The Way I Work: Daniel [...]
This quote was shared by Stephanie di Paolo Miller at Trinity University: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. – Plato
Israeli entrepreneur, Amit Goffer just invented an incredible device to benefit the disabled population: robotic pants that use sensors to allow paralyzed patients to walk and stand. The Washington Post reported on the product called “ReWalk,” which will hopefully be for sale after the next coming years of trials and tests. While there are bound [...]
Read this great article by Salam Fayyad. It represents the Palestinian mainstream of today and is very powerful and moving. Why I’m Building Palestine Soon, the only obstacle in our way will be the occupation itself. BY SALAM FAYYAD | DECEMBER 2010 When we launched our state-building plan for Palestine in August 2009, many dismissed [...]
The picture below is an excerpt from a newspaper visualizing hope in the background, as the foreground features Palestinian training forces in Jenin, working to build a state with disciplined security. All US and Israeli intelligence accounts view this as an inspiring success in transforming the area from disarray and chaos into a vibrant and [...]
A friend forwarded me an article that Malcolm Gladwell had written in New Yorker Magazine about entrepreneurs. Like many of his pieces, it had provocative insights that were quite interesting as headlines (Entrepreneurs are "predators", not "risk-takers") till you realized that they were not very well thought out and that his own article contradicts itself [...]
Although technology has countless benefits in our lives, there are more and more reports that suggest there is an accompanying negative effect on our brains and on our children’s development, as I have written in the past. A recent article in the New York Times paints a scary picture: some teens prefer the instant gratification [...]
This quote was shared at the Trinity University by Brian Balak and is very inspiring: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King
A recent New York Time article points to a new useful site called WorthMonkey, aimed to help users determine if used goods for sale are fairly priced or not. November 16, 2010, 4:34 PM Pricing Used Goods for Sale By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ WorthMonkeyA WorthMonkey results page. When you want to sell a used good, [...]