Max Gladwell

Twitter’s sudden profitability is a lesson in priorities and value creation.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek broke the news today that Twitter became profitable. (Just as surprising, Bloomberg BusinessWeek broke this story before the tech blogs.) Twitter achieved this feat through big search deals with Google and Microsoft (Bing) totaling $25 million. Though it remains to be seen whether [...]

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You don’t necessarily need an expensive MBA or a degree in environmental sciences to learn about social and environmental responsibility. In fact, many could learn from school children armed with about $17.
One of my favorite quotes I was lucky enough to hear in person. It was imparted by one of my favorite people — David [...]

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Together with BlobLive, this is open-mic night for social entrepreneurs and green businesses.

This Monday, May 18th, from 6:30 – 9:00 PM Pacific Time, you can attend or tune into BlobLive LA with Max Gladwell. If you’d like to attend, feel free to RSVP via Facebook. If you’d like to watch the live webcast, you can [...]

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A San Francisco start-up is combining the principles of activism, capitalism, and social media. They call it Activism 2.0. But it could be much more.

Virgance CEO Steve Newcomb is one of the most successful and savvy entrepreneurs of our generation. At 39, he’s been involved in building nine companies, creating over $3 billion in market [...]

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Taking Max Gladwell into the real world with a social networking event for business ideas and entrepreneurs.

You are cordially invited to attend the first Max Gladwell networking event on Monday April 13th, at 7 pm PT in Santa Monica, California. This first offline gathering will be in conjunction with BlobLive LA. The event will take [...]

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A natural consequence of technological innovation is that it produces green results. Does that make the innovation green? Or is that just the nature of true innovation?

Editor’s note: This is our first guest post for Pop!Tech.
We’re living in the dawn of the new green age. Corporate leaders, school teachers, politicians, and the media are all [...]

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Tonight’s Word: Rand Illusion. The Colbert Report features objectivism. We offer a defense.

Stephen Colbert took a shot at Any Rand last night. Evidently, sales of her magnus opus Atlas Shrugged are up quite a bit due to the recession and government involvement in the markets i.e. nationalizing Wall Street and bailing out irresponsible mortgage owners. [...]

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Ten steps to launching and establishing your brand online and on the cheap.
We love startups. There is nothing quite like the excitement and optimism of conceiving, launching, and building a new company. It’s like the exhilaration of a new relationship, where everything is fresh and you’re learning new things every day. At the risk of [...]

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A new vehicle wrap technology reduces drag and increases efficiency by up to 25%. Can it really be this simple?

It’s not often we get to break stories, but this is one we’ve patiently followed for the better part of the last six months.
SkinzWraps is a vehicle wrap company based in Dallas, Texas. It’s primary business [...]

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When starting a new business, we can’t emphasize enough the importance of defining your market and focusing your efforts.

Business ideas often start with simple truths that define the business opportunity. If you’re writing a plan for a sock company, it might be that everyone has feet. It implies that your market is potentially everyone. You [...]

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