Category Archives: Business

Disruption: Planetary Resources Wins

Posted on May 3, 2012 by flybrand1976

Planetary Resources, with its roster of all-star billionaire investors and audacious business plan of mining asteroids has garnered significant press since emerging into the public’s eye. My business crush on this company is comparable to my 2001 infatuation with Salesforce.com; … Continue reading →

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The Prisoner’s Dilemma of Textile Trade Shows

Posted on April 30, 2012 by flybrand1976

Techtextil North America wrapped up last week in Atlanta, GA. It was the largest textile show I’ve ever been to in the US. Technical textiles are a big industry; some $126 Bn in 2011 sales according to IFAI. The industry … Continue reading →

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TEDx Raleigh Transcript: Making Textiles Sexy

Posted on May 27, 2011 by flybrand1976

Below is the transcript from my TEDx Raleigh deck – in putting it together I noticed some mistakes, which are noted. I had walked through four intro slides that were a play on “Making Sexy Textiles” that was not caught … Continue reading →

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