A typical American will work 90,000 hours during their lifetime. The week is usually divided into five workdays of eight hours each and a two-day weekend consisting of Saturday and Sunday. While this might be the norm today, it wasn’t … Read More
The water cooler… almost every office in America has one. It may be an actual water cooler or the break room. It may be a vending machine or the kitchen. The office water cooler is the social center of the … Read More
Zombies… I’ve seen them and not just on the television, but in real life. They are all around us. The English word “zombi” (the ”e” was added later) can be traced back to a short story, “The Unknown Painter” that … Read More
On January 7, 1865, Jim Vance and his fellow members of the County Wildcats, murdered Asa Harmon McCoy for having fought for the Union Army during the Civil War, thus igniting the famous 26 year Hatfield-McCoy Feud in which a … Read More
When I was young, I said to God, ‘God, tell me the mystery of the universe.’ But God answered, ‘That knowledge is for me alone.’ So I said, ‘God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.’ Then God said, ‘Well, … Read More
This is part one in a series of three posts that will look at innovation and entrepreneurship through some of the historical events that lead to the foundation of Silicon Valley. Bill Gates once remarked, “my first stop on any … Read More