To the uninitiated, jazz seems to revolve around several musicians instantaneously coming up with notes that somehow manage to appeal to the audience’s ears. Even as a student of the genre, the spontaneity at which professional jazz musicians improvise beautiful solos can be baffling. When there is quite literally an infinite number of musical…
Recently I had the pleasure of reading a book called “The Martian.” Written by Andy Weir, The Martian is about an astronaut from NASA who becomes stranded on Mars left to survive. Throughout the book the Martian, Mark Whitney, is faced with many moments where he is staring at the face of death; and in…
Ripples were sent through the financial world when new figures revealed that tech titan Jeff Bezos had become one of America’s ten richest individuals. The reason some were taken aback was because of Bezos’s unorthodox approach to business and life. The company he founded and currently leads as CEO, Amazon, has earned a reputation with…
On July 17th, 1981 disaster struck a Hyatt Regency located in Kansas City, Missouri. Members of a tea-dance party were on a suspended walkway located over the lobby to the hotel. This suspended walkway was held from the ceiling by a few steel rods, which were loaded by too much force and unforgettably failed. The…
Junior Enterprise is a non-profit, civil association that helps students develop entrepreneurship. It is run by students and one adviser professor. All profit that is made is reinvested into the program to help train, develop, and improve student abilities.
Clients don’t always want to listen to the expert but experts can always give you a better quality of product at a lower price.
Ricardo Semler has revolutionized business in Brazil with his company, Semco. – Revenue has grown from $4M in 1982 to $212M in 2003 – 65% reduction in inventories – Labor force growth from 90 workers in 1982 to 3,000 in 2003 – One of the few companies to thrive through Brazil’s hyperinflation – Workers agreed…
The CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, got the idea for his company in 1997. After returning a VHS copy of Apollo 13 to Blockbuster, he was charged a late fee of $40.
Delhi Metro: An Exemplary Public Works
Delhi is the capital city of India. With the population soaring, it was growing to be one of the largest metropolitan cities in the world. Delhi had crossed the population of 1million in as early as 1940, which had doubled by 1950; it badly needed a mass rapid transportation system, as its vehicular traffic congestion…
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