For years, books and articles and blogs on productivity have been showing us how to be more productive: crank out the tasks, multi-task, work faster, be organized.
In short, they’ve taught us to be a good part of a corporation that wants more out of us. But that’s old-school productivity, or Productivity 1.0.
It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design.
David rose gives a very quick run through on what makes a good presentation to VCs. his talk is also useful as a presentation tip.
Thinking startup? David S. Rose's rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself -- and prove to a VC -- before you fire up your slideshow.
"The Pitch Coach" David S. Rose is an expert on the business pitch. As an entrepreneur, he has raised millions for his own companies. As an investor, he has administered millions more.
Have you ever sat thru a presentation that used PowerPoint to put you to sleep rather than engage you? If so , you will relate to this humorous but insightful look at the dreaded death-by-PowerPoint experience.
Again at TED.com, one of my favourite websites, Yoshai Benkler talks about the rise of collaboration in economic activities resulting in increased value creation.
Dropbox looks like a great internet service. In a nutshell it provides users with a service that is able to synchronise files on one's hard drive with that on the internet. each user will have a virtual hard drive on the 'Net. And this virtual hard drive can be depicted as a drive on your own computer's drive space. Just watch the video on the site (http://www.getdropbox.com/), to see what i mean.
