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Leslie Scott
Leslie Scott is the creator of the blockbuster game Jenga, and the co-founder of Oxford Games Ltd. Born and raised in Africa, and educated in Kenya, Sierra Leone and England, Scott is now one of the world’s few professional game designers, having devised and published almost forty games in a career spanning twenty six years.
Copyright and Cultural Heritage: “About Jenga” (Part 1)
By Guest Author Leslie Scott [Many readers may have been surprised to learn in my recent interview with Henk Rogers that the rights to Tetris were originally owned by the Russian Ministry of Software and that it was no easy task for Rogers to obtain them. But of course all games, whether high-tech, low-tech or
John F. Wasik
John F. Wasik is the author of “The Audacity of Help: Obama’s Economic Plan and the Remaking of America” (www.audacityofhelp.net) and “The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable Dream” (www.culdesacsyndrome.com). He also writes a column for Bloomberg News that reaches readers on five continents and has spoken to audiences from coast to coast. For more information on
ST-Ericsson (Part 3): Strategy And Outlook
By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala What is ST-Ericsson’s overall strategy? The final post in the series answers this question, provides some strategy pointers and offers a brief outlook of the JV’s prospects. Enabling Customers While the overall handset market shrunk in Q1 and Q2 of this year, the smartphone market grew. Although ST-Ericsson supplies four of the
VisionSpring: Successful Scaling Of A MicroFranchise (Part 2)
By Guest Author Praneetha Manthravadi [The first part of the article introduced VisionSpring, what it is, and how it works. Today’s post explains how microentrepreneurs make profits from the “Business in a Bag” system and how readers can be a part of VisionSpring’s mission.] So, what kind of profits do these microentrepreneurs make? It depends
Praneetha Manthravadi
Praneetha is a senior hardware engineer in the flagship Ethernet Switching Technology Group (ESTG) at Cisco. She is currently working on the cutting edge Next Generation Wiring Closet technology ASICs. She is also pursuing her MBA at the Anderson School of Management, UCLA, focusing on marketing and entrepreneurship. She is interested in studying about micro-franchising
ST-Ericsson (Part 3): Continuing To Innovate
By Guest Author Nalini Kumar Muppala Let’s continue from where we left off in the previous post, with an analysis of ST-Ericsson’s portfolio. Innovation Even as it juggles the enormous task of integrating various teams, ST-Ericsson needs to be commended for continuing to deliver innovative products.
VisionSpring: Successful Scaling Of A Microfranchise (Part 1)
By Guest Author Praneetha Manthravadi [Praneetha’s article is both a profile of an organization for microentrepreneurship and a call to action. Read on to find out what VisionSpring does and how you can get involved.] VisionSpring, previously known as the Scojo Foundation, was started in 2001 by Dr. Jordan Kassalow. The organization was started from
