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Daily Archives: August 12, 2011
The Power of Negative Events in Your Startup – Forbes
Negative events cause uncertainty, doubt, or confusion in people’s sense of themselves, and lowers their motivation for the work. In fact, an analysis of thousands of detailed logs from employees show that setbacks have more power to sway work satisfaction … Continue reading
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Downgrade Controversy Began With Single Phone Call-华尔街日报
On July 31, the White House and congressional Republicans reached a deal to raise the $14.29 trillion debt ceiling and cut between $2.1 trillion and $2.4 trillion from the deficit over 10 years. The agreement fell short of the $4 … Continue reading
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NeuroFocus Uses Neuromarketing to Hack Your Brain | Fast Company
Speaking with the speed and percussive enunciation of an auctioneer, Pradeep is at the conference today to introduce his company’s latest innovation: a product called Mynd, the world’s first portable, wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) scanner. The skullcap-size device sports dozens of … Continue reading
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The Annals of Science: Are Numbers Gendered? – Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
According to a new study by Northwestern University psychologist Galen Bodenhausen and marketing Ph.D. student James Wilkie, the answer is apparently yes. The abstract from the Journal of Experimental Psychology reports: Across several experiments, we show that the number 1 … Continue reading
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How the London riots showed us two sides of social networking
Live text coverage from the BBC, the Guardian, and Sky News fared much better, but it was Twitter—of course—that was the most responsive, most timely source of information about the rioting and looting up and down the country. Raw, uncensored, … Continue reading
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‘Electronic skin’ could replace bulky electrodes : Nature News
‘Electronic skin’ has been developed that records heartbeats, brain activity and muscle contractions as accurately as bulky conventional electrodes, yet is no thicker than a human hair. The patch, created by John Rogers, a materials scientist at the University of … Continue reading
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Why It Helps If The Boss Has a Daughter | BNET
Is your CEO about to become a father? If you’re a woman employee at his company, you should hope the newborn is a girl. Professors Michael Dahl of Aalborg University in Denmark, Cristian Dezsö of the University of Maryland’s Robert … Continue reading
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It’s All Made in China? Not So Fast! – Business – GOOD
While Chinese goods seem ubiquitous, especially given America’s economic woes, the reality is that imports from the country are a relatively small part of the economy: A total of 88.5 percent of consumer spending in the United States … Continue reading
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Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels
Spend a few calories (and maybe dollars) a good name. This is particularly true if you have a consumer (B2C) startup. I guarantee you that folks like Jason Calacanis care a lot about your brand and domain name. No one can … Continue reading
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Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels
AngelList may be a game-changer, but most of the same rules are still in place. Angels still look for the same elements in a startup as always: a strong team; meaningful milestones; a differentiated product in a big potential market; … Continue reading
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