You If you’re not paying for a service, you are the product The customers are the advertisers, who use info about you to target their ads Guessed the Word? Series 18 (5/5) [pic: simschmidt]
Month: January 2018
Original No good being original if there’s no demand for the product/ service at a profitable priceA sensible economic model underpins every successful business Guessed the Word? Series 18 (2/5) [pic: timon klauser]
News Spinning out of control: the link between news and reality. It seems we don’t want boring news, but fearful/ angry reports. Like politics, news is partly show business, & gives us what we want Guessed the Word? Series 18 (3/5) [pic: ryan stefan]
Entrepreneurs 45% of start-up entrepreneurs have another job, and put in 60 to 70 hours a week to make both work Guessed the Word? Series 18 (4/5) [pic: Pixel Anarchy]
Maasai Red-check togas, fine beadwork & warrior history. Maasai imagery to be trademarked. Guarding /monetising this cultural heritage will help the tribe. 1,000+ firms have used it free in the past Guessed the Word? Series 18 (1/5) [pic: pawan sharma]
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 18 starts soon….. 1st letter of each post Title (in a Series) spells a business word (spelt correctly, backwards, jumbled up or as an anagram). Previous answers: Series 17 spelt T-U-N-E-R-E-V (VENTURE) Series 16 was Zzz (sleep, rest & recharge) Series 15 spelt W-E-N (NEW) Series 14 spelt X-A-M-S (XMAS) Series…
Vortex Plastic ends up in a giant vortex (gyre) of rubbish in the sea. The Great Pacific garbage patch, with 1/3 of all plastic in the oceans, is twice as big as the UK. There are 4 other gyres: in the S Pacific, N Atlantic, S Atlantic and Indian Ocean Guessed the Word? …
Ethylene The most important petro-chemical? This colourless, flammable gas is in plastics, polyethylene, polyester – so in car parts, bags, packaging, chewing gum, anti-freeze, textiles & water bottles. I in 5 tons comes from the USA, mostly Texas Guessed the Word? Series 17 (7/7) [pic: dbchandler]
Restart New stuff is so cheap, it’s uneconomic to mend. Hold a restart party, where volunteers fix things. Let’s demand the “right to repair” what we buy: saves valuable skills & the planet from needless waste Guessed the Word? Series 17 (6/7) [pic: amaury-salas]
e-commerce Tech can save the high street through click-&-collect, the fastest growing element of on-line retail. A ‘real’ shop is a showroom for online sellers + a single collection point for stuff bought from many web retailers Guessed the Word? Series 17 (2/7) [pic: emre-karatas]