Gas at a High
Including the change in gas prices in Chattanooga during the past week, prices Sunday were 95.2 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 12.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. (Source)
Who is Ken Bautista?
"Everyone always talks about entrepreneurship like a marathon, that it is a long haul that you have to push through. I say it’s more like ‘parkour’ where you jump from one building top to another. You always need to shift and adapt; and if you do it enough, you begin to anticipate different situations. It’s never going to be a straight path to something and you need to know when something is not working. There is a difference between being stubborn, and knowing when its not working in order to approach it differently." (Source)
Posted: August 7th, 2011
at 5:30pm by mnp
Categories: web,business,et cetera,who is?,entrepreneurship
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Reality Check 8.3.11
It is Wednesday, so usually you might find an animal post, but since things are tumultuous - here is a new feature… Reality Check. A time for understanding current business happenings to help people muster strength for the work day. It is hard to escape bubble talk, but fear not about things you said at work.
Scaling the US Economy
Economists are considering past elections as the recent debt problem of the United States seemed to have gotten people thinking about what would really happen if a default occurred. For further insight about the challenges, read a physicist’s opinion on scaling the economy through 2100.
Posted: August 2nd, 2011
at 8:13am by mnp
Categories: green,business,science,development,education,trade,entrepreneurship,jobs,innovation,real estate
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Good Offices
Posted: July 28th, 2011
at 12:08pm by mnp
Categories: business,architecture,blogs
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Take the EIA Energy Quiz
Think you know all there is to know about the energy industry in America and abroad? Well take the EIA Energy Quiz. It only takes a second and it’s hella informative.
I’ll even give you a freebie:
Reinventing the Shipping Container Part 8
Puma has made a portable store (Puma City)- how can commercial store applications of the shipping container be brought to consumers? Pop-up shops were all the rage, why not utilize shipping containers for these temporary depots? By bringing surplus crates to vacant lots, stores would not have to bear the cost of building a brand new place to sell there wares, while being able to move onto the next destination…
Vinyl to Grow 25% in 2011
However, 25% may sound like a lot (and for vinyl it is) but the total sales increase for LPs will still only amount to 1.6% of total music sales, which is a pretty paltry amount in a day and age when iTunes makes billions of dollars a year. (Source)