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Before and After The Snap: What Can Business Learn From Football?
The NFL has been in the news a lot recently (mostly for controversy … kneeling during Anthems, companies blaming poor sales on the decline in NFL TV ratings, concussions, and Jerry Jones trying to fire the Commissioner). Nonetheless, I am impressed by the product NFL teams put on the field week-after-week and year-after-year. Recently, I took
Wealth Formula - Howard Getson and Buck Joffrey Talk The Future of Trading
I'm excited … because I've been at Joe Polish's Genius Network Annual Event this weekend. Genius Network is a business group that also serves as an advisory board, counselor's office, and idea factory. It brings brilliant minds and industry transformers together in a forum focused on innovation, creative disruption, and possibility. Peer groups, like this, help you
What Do You Buy Someone Who Has Everything?
I'm getting cynical, I understand planned obsolescence … but has it occurred to you that Apple could make their phones act sluggish just before the launch of a new version? My phone has been driving me nuts. So, (as I write this) I'm up at 2 am to place my order for the new iPhone
The Next Gilded Age ... This Generation's Carnegies, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts
The world's super-rich hold the greatest concentration of wealth since the turn of the 20th century. According to The Guardian, there are now 1,542 billionaires in the world. Meanwhile, last year, the collective wealth of billionaires increased almost a fifth – to six trillion dollars. For context, that's more than almost every country's GDP… except the top 4
Ryan Deiss on AI and Its Intersection With Humanity
This is the golden age of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and process automation. It is beginning to affect everything. But, what it means is up for interpretation. For example, one of the top digital marketers remains largely unfazed. Below is a video I did with Ryan Deiss, who has a different perspective on AI than
How Much Debt Does Your Country Have Per Person? An Exercise in Understanding Large Numbers
Debt often enables governments to run smoothly. But sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. The US recently passed $20 trillion in debt for the first time. To put that in perspective, I am going to reference an article I wrote in 2011 … when the debt was approaching $15 trillion. Here is what the $15 trillion