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The Digital View of Making It

“Making it” can take on many meanings. To some it can be as simple as having a job in a field of their choice. To others, rising to the top of the field of their choice would be making it.  Another variation would be attaining a certain position in that field.


Mogul Entrepreneurs: The Appetite of Genghis Khan

Some entrepreneurs who came from modest beginnings had the vision and drive to build an empire with the same force and determination as Genghis Khan. Nearly 800 years after his death, scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences believe Genghis Khan spawned the 16 million male descendants who carry his DNA, which means during his lifetime he must have fathered thousands of children.


Hello, I’m the robot repair person

Who was the most influential person in the last half-century?  Who made so big an impact, a difference that his or her accomplishments gave direction for years to come?  In this, the Digital Strategy column, the answer is obvious: Steve Jobs.  He put a powerful computer in the pocket, pocketbook or on the belt of nearly everyone on the planet.  His music player got absorbed into those pocket computers.  The iPhone was the gateway to those powerful computers.  Computers that enable music and photography functionality and voice communication would have been unimaginable 50 years ago.

His surname was Jobs.  How prophetic.  The industries he triggered and the acceptance and adoption of connectivity and automated machinery helped propel a Digital Revolution. Jobs (Steve) created all sorts of new jobs (employment) and job categories that occurred, as a result of his efforts.


Startup Brand Lessons from Steve Jobs, the Wachowski Brothers and Stan Lee

By Tim Girvin — with Social Media commentaries and recommendations by Fletcher Helle

When there is a lesson to be learned, listening makes for the best course of cumulative action. Learn and listen, listen and learn. Watch how it grows. In my history, it’s the leaning-in to experiences on the trail of wisdom and great brand strategies that has taught me the most. And to lean-in is to list, as in —tilting-in to hear better the...