Only 6 minutes but about sums up the entirety of educational and learning analytics and the considerations of an individual through institution.
Category: Business
We’ve come a long way baby…
StraighterLine in the News
Nearly two years since I sent off the offer to mop the floors…
Quote – The Red Herring Crusade against For-Profit Colleges
our aim is not to defend the questionable practices of for-profit colleges, but rather to draw attention to the fact that colleges of every stripe are soaking up tons of societal resources and saddling students with excessive debt loads in the face of dubious job prospects.
“The Red Herring Crusade Against For-Profit Colleges” by Daniel L. Bennett and Zac Bissonnette @ Forbes.com
Nice Design – Moxsie
I ordered a pair of shoes on the cheap from Moxsie.com and just received them. Check out the awesome packaging (this is right out of the exterior shipping box):
And a coupon?! Impressive or excessive, at least it looks nice. They also had great, responsive customer service and free shipping. (The shoes are nice too.)
Video – SL coverage in Tampa
When is it ok…
When is it ok to tell a customer to “take a chill pill”?
Quote – Muhammad Yunus
Mr. Yunus states. “When we were in the caves we were all self-employed … finding our food, feeding ourselves. That’s where the human history began … As civilization came we suppressed it. We became labor because [they] stamped us, ‘You are labor.’ We forgot that we are entrepreneurs.”
From The Little Big Things, by Tom Peters
Quote – Tom Peters
people first, people second, people third, people ad infinitum
That’s the way I like to do business.
From The Little Big Things by Tom Peters
Ruminations – Democracy
Could our fore-fathers have actually created the best business model when they created democracy as we know it?
Case in point: www.Quirky.com.