Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Tesla the Car Company of the Future

How Elon Musk Turned Tesla Into the Car Company of the Future Magazine
The man from PayPal puts his money on the accelerator!!

"....Now, on his second visit to the plant—his first as its owner—Musk is trying to get his bearings. Just five weeks earlier, Tesla had gone public, netting $238 million and making it the first American car company to complete an initial public offering since Ford in 1956. As a result, the company has access to more than $700 million, a significant portion of which will go toward retrofitting the facility. It’s a daunting task. Musk walks past row after row of motionless robotic drills. A multiton crane stands idle beside a 60-foot-tall steel press. The ceiling soars high overhead, making even the press look somehow small. For a moment, Musk appears overwhelmed by what he’s gotten himself into.

“Holy crap, this place is big,” he says, but then he flashes a smile. “It’s perfect.”

....."




An inspired story ive followed for 4 yrs now:

http://nickhorslen.blogspot.com/search?q=tesla

Thursday, September 23, 2010

wordle my blog

Wordle: http://nickhorslen.blogspot.com

H2O - Walk for water, walk for life

H2O - Walk for water, walk for life

what a cool idea for water sustainability!!

In this country at this time of year you could even do it in the rain ;-)

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - Downturn longest since Great Depression

FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - Downtu

The longest US recession since the Great Depression

officially ended in June 2009

, the body charged with dating US business cycles said on Monday.

The National Bureau of Economic Research said that the recession lasted 18 months, from December 2007 to June 2009. That was longer than the 16 months of the 1973-75 and 1981-82 recessions.

The announcement highlights the extraordinary length of the recession that began when the collapse of the subprime mortgage market triggered the most severe financial crisis since 1929.nday.rn longest since Great Depression

Friday, September 17, 2010

Questioning the dominant paradigm

Great story for any creative person in art, business or politics:

YouTube - Obama And Pop Culture (watch the last section especially)

Just get out there and "question the dominant paradigm" either; art, media, politics, business or success!

I wasnt aware of the story behind this poster until i stumbled on this video via a great blog!

http://artmacguffin.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Crowd Accelerated Learning

Its real interesting the more i think about it, see 3 below!!

we live in inventive times - people just talking

The nick_horslen Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cmdnK5 ▸ Top story : NASA -Exploration Analog Missions

...........how about having your twitter as a newspaper, interesting http://paper.li/nick_horslen check my paper or just do yours on http://paper.li

........even microsoft has come up with a cool ap for twitter http://archivist.visitmix.com and the interactive charts it produces are pretty cool!!

Download Build Your Business Now – The Toolkit | Doug Richard's School for Startups

Download Build Your Business Now – The Toolkit Doug Richard's School for Startups

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Crowd Accelerated Learning - the future created by the web!

the last feature in the last two minutes regards kenya and local people dealing with local problems and sharing the learning in brilliant!!
Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation Video on TED.com

check the kenya example out, great videos, all from the peoples mobiles! Powerful!!

Monday, September 13, 2010

CEO's - playful little things!!

FT.com / Columnists / Lucy Kellaway - Why CEOs cry all the way to the bank

"This is because he accords perfectly with a brand new theory of leadership that is surprising, radical, yet utterly compelling. This theory says that the best CEOs are just like toddlers......

.....It is a splendid start but I feel there are more traits that the finest CEOs share with two-year-olds. They are assertive and jolly good at saying no. They are not hamstrung by inhibitions. They will march straight up to someone and say: “Who are you?” They are good at making decisions. They don’t need Malcolm Gladwell to tell them to trust their instincts.....

....There is one final way in which the toddler is a great role model for the CEO: language. Toddlers say what they mean and say it simply. They never feel tempted to dwell on paradigm shifts or value stacks or synergies. "

Be yourself. Be successful!!

Friday, September 10, 2010

Smart young people and business!!

here's a great story about how kids at school set up a business, made money, addressed child obesity and improve the environment, triple bottom line in action and they havent even reach the age to apply for a job yet, GO GENY&Z. We need more of them for our next generation businesses!!

http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/news/tab:news/art

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Small business Supply and Demand

For the only thing that matters to a small business, managing supply and demand, check both these tools out, along with the other web2.0 SaaS stuff ive posted before over the mnoths and years:

http://www.eventbrite.com/

http://www.constantcontact.com/

...along with your social media facebook, twitter, linkedin,, blogging, not to mention your RSS, Tags, googleAds and Adwords, etc and if you want some more informed advice beyond me I can recommend http://tonytreacy.co.uk/

Manasge your awareness, audience and community well and you will reward them and they will reward you!

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

FT.com / Companies / Property - Audio slideshow: The City’s changing skyline

FT.com / Companies / Property - Audio slideshow: The City’s changing skyline

With an ongoing interest in charter cities, as they may emerge, and the leadership in china towards joined up sustainable cities (both economically, socially and environmentally) this forms an interesting audio dity on that journey!