Monday, October 14, 2024

Business & Economy

In the business world, we look to the innovators, the pioneers, the trendsetters, the creators.  Leaders who push forward, driven to succeed in business.  As trends in business shift and new ideas spread, it is important to stay informed and motivated.

Women Demand Equal Rights in the 1920s

National Women’s History Month 2018: Inspiring Women Fighting for Equality

A Month for Women National Women’s History Month was officially created in 1986, although it had been celebrated by several states prior to its federal...
Finance

2017 TED Talks to Watch: Finance Speakers

Interested in being educated or inspired in 18 minutes or less?  Check out a TED Talk where ideas are spread and people are motivated.  TED speakers...
fitness innovator

Greg Glassman: How a Health Nut Created the World’s Biggest Fitness Trend

Fitness is one of the fastest growing trends around right now. From clean eating branded Instagram pages to "athleisure" based clothing lines, people keep finding...
joel gay

Energy Recovery CEO Joel Gay on Success

Joel Gay is the President and CEO of Energy Recovery, a company that develops award-winning solutions to improve productivity, profitability, and energy efficiency within...
ben weiss

Speaker Spotlight: Ben Weiss

In 2009, Ben Weiss founded Bai Brands, the producer of antioxidant, low-calorie drinks from coffeefruit. By 2011, the company's annual revenue reached $1.7 million...

Jake Knapp on Testing New Ideas

Jake Knapp is a design partner at Google Ventures (GV). He created GV’s sprint process and is the author of Sprint, a book discussing...

Spotlight on… Jeremy Stoppelman

Jeremy Stoppelman is the CEO of Yelp, Inc., which he co-founded in 2004. The idea for Yelp came to Stoppelman and several colleagues during a...
brian sharples

Speaker Spotlight: Brian Sharples

Brian Sharples co-founded HomeAway.com with Carl Shepherd in February 2005. He raised over $400 million in private funding to acquire market-leading vacation rental websites...
debbie sterling

Debbie Sterling on Overcoming Rejection

Debbie Sterling is the Founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, the award-winning children’s multimedia toy challenging gender stereotypes. After Sterling graduated with a degree in...
todd yellin

Todd Yellin, Entertainment Technologist

Todd Yellin is Netflix's VP of Product Development. His role revolves around changing the way people find great streaming content to watch over the Internet...