YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

by Jon Gordon , author of “ The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work “ In a perfect world, “work” and “home” would balance out neatly. We’d work from 8 to 5 each day, take an hour-long lunch, and then come home and spend uninterrupted time with our families. But for those of us here in the wake of the Great Recession, firmly entrenched in an “always on” society, this notion seems hopelessly outdated.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Most plastic bags we use today will either get incinerated or end up in a landfill somewhere. But not if four University of Arkansas student have anything to say about that – the founders of cycleWood Solutions Inc. intends to make biodegradable plastic shopping bags into reality. Using technology developed by University of Minnesota biochemist Simo Sarkanen from its Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering , the four students started their company after creating a business pla

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Published in 2009, Mitch Joel’s book on business strategy in the age of social media titled “ Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone ” is a laudable effort to tie in the disparate threads of the online world for those keen to experiment in this space. Covering a broad expanse of concepts and ideas – from crowdsourcing, community building, content creation, to platform specific strategies – the book provides a good introdu

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