Mike McDerment is the founder of FreshBooks, an online invoicing and time-tracking service. FreshBooks is a great post-bubble success story: started in 2003, FreshBooks now serves over 400,000 users in…
While many of us may best remember Paul Newman for his classic movie roles as Butch Cassidy, Fast Eddie Felson or Cool Hand Luke, Newman also left a legacy of…
If the current economic crisis has you down about the future, here's something to cheer you up: 10-Year-Old Dalton Sherman Addresses Dallas ISD Teachers, Administrators and Staff Future entrepreneur? Political…
OK, I rarely talk politics here — actually, I never talk politics here, aside from my occasional non-partisan libertarian side comment. But this AIG thing has me tweaked. Earlier this…
In case you haven't noticed, the U.S. economy is a bit of a mess at the moment. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told ABC News Sunday that this is…
This week could aptly be described as "Battle of the Tech Startup Conferences". September 7-9 in San Diego, DEMOfall 08 will feature the launch of 72 tech startups. Later in…
My favorite trendwatching source, the aptly-named Trendwatching.com, has a particularly insightful briefing this month on the Off = On trend. The briefing looks at how concepts from the online world…