Tag Archives: Technology

TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (36-40)

Posted on April 16, 2012 by macromon

Here are 36-40 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011.  We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading →

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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (31-35)

Posted on April 12, 2012 by macromon

Here are 31-35 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011.  We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading →

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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (26-30)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by macromon

Here are 26-30 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011.  We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading →

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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (16-20)

Posted on March 28, 2012 by macromon

Here are 16-20 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011.  We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading →

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TR50: The 50 Most Innovative Companies (11-15)

Posted on March 26, 2012 by macromon

Here are 11-15 of MIT’s Technology Review’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2011.  We’re posting in increments of five every few days as not to overwhelm you with info and required reading. Click here for 1-5 of TR’s most innovative companies … Continue reading →

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Perspective: February 1982

Posted on February 28, 2012 by macromon

It’s easy to lose a longer term perspective when banging around in the markets everyday.   Here is a clip from the February 1982 issue of Technology Review, which illustrates why it’s important to think longer term and another reason why … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: The Big Think

Posted on December 28, 2011 by macromon

“Tech companies are creating plenty of jobs for robots.” — Daniel Honan,  The Robot Hiring Boom Has Arrived

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Post-Bubble Performance Comps of U.S. Financials and Techs

Posted on December 15, 2011 by macromon

The guys over at Bespoke put out a great piece today comparing the post-bubble performance of U.S. financials after the February 2007 top and the technology sector after the dot.com peak in March 2000.    They are tracking within one percent, … Continue reading →

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Nonlinear Thinking: Drone Valet Parking Attendents

Posted on December 9, 2011 by macromon

Wow!  Life is getting too easy.   Guess the driving tests of the future will require the knowledge of how to use a smart phone.  Just another example of Schumpeterian innovation that will destroy some jobs and create others.  No more … Continue reading →

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Nonlinear Thinking: Robot Run Warehouses

Posted on November 10, 2011 by macromon

Here’s an interesting video clip that reinforces our view that almost all new innovation and technology is labor saving/destroying and that U.S. unemployment is much more structural than most perceive (click here to view video).   Even the military, with the … Continue reading →

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