International: The History of Starbucks
Starbucks began by purchasing roasted beans from Peets Coffee and Teas. Peets was founded by Dutch immigrant Alfred Peets. Years later, in 1983, Howard Schulz was in Milan on business…
Demographics: Population growth (or shrinkage) matters to business but varies based on type of business
Each business needs to focus on how the fertility rate decline and changing demographics (older population, fewer young people) impacts their business in the next few decades. Business leaders should…
Software: “40% of software engineers born outside the United States”
“Some 40% of software engineers in the country are born outside the US,…” Chicago Seeks Laid Off Tech Workers With H-1B Visas for Jobs – Bloomberg Bloomberg appears to have…
Demographics: Aging planet
The Guardian propaganda rag notices the fertility rate problem and proposes a socialist solution that has already been proven not to work.
Aviation: EVTOLS may replace helicopters in near future
This is a fascinating story – EVTOLS – which sort of take the concept of a quad copter to an extreme point for human transportation – may be so versatile,…
Demographics: Employers should nuke the bachelor’s degree requirement
Am thinking we are at peak or past peak higher education due to the population demographics: A critical way employers can address hiring shortages and broaden the pool of candidates…
Tech: While Meta spent billions on VR “metaverse”, ChatGPT snuck up on everyone
FB/Meta has been spending billions on a VR metaverse concept that nearly no “real people” have much interest in. Meanwhile, ChaptGPT AI-based query system snuck up on the world and…
Caffeine culture: Does Coffee help you lose weight?
While black coffee has basically zero calories, few people dirnk black coffee today. Instead, it is coffee drinks with dairy and sugar, often many hundreds of calories per "cup".
Public health: Viral interference stopped the flu during Covid, say researchers
So – apparently masks did not stop influenza then? “Looking back over the past couple of years, I’m pretty confident in saying that COVID can certainly block flu and RSV,”…
Emerging Tech: “How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy”
Agree with this – but it is even worse than what they describe: But for all the consternation over the potential for humans to be replaced by machines in formats…