May 2013
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“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job...”
– When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials arent’ buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)
Priceless.
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April 2013
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Brew and View
Serving up craft beer data, Taplister helps bars overflowing with suds reach discerning drinkers.
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
With more bars than Leavenworth prison and about 50 breweries within city limits, Portland, Ore., sits at the center of the craft beer revolution. But promoting brews in Beervana can be a challenge. Consider EastBurn, a popular gastropub that doesn’t label its 16 taps,...
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Whole New Ballgame
Baseball Memorabilia Joins the Digital League
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
Sure, a 1939 ticket stub from the final game of Lou Gehrig’s streak sold for $15,535 last May. But if you’re an obsessive collector who hangs on to every scrap of memorabilia just in case it accrues value, it’s time to get real—paper tickets are on the way out. Near the end of 2012′s regular season (after Apple released...
March 2013
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The Smartphone Six-Pack
A half-dozen free apps to help you find and share great craft beer
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
These days, whether enjoying a quiet pint at home or a night out with friends, most people have an ever-ready, beer-drinking buddy—their smartphone—by their side. Always up for a conversation or down for playing a game, mobile devices, when equipped with the right apps, have become increasingly beer savvy...
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The Next Mogul
Jeremy Bloom—a former Olympic skier, NFLer, Abercrombie model, MTV VJ, and ESPN analyst—seems like he can do anything. But in starting his own business, he may be risking everything.
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
Jeremy Bloom has had his ups and downs. A world-champion skier, he missed his shot at Olympic gold. As an all-American football player, he saw his collegiate career put to a halt by the...
February 2013
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A Man of His Convictions
Dave’s Killer Bread knows former felons aren’t always bad seeds— that’s why they’ve hired dozens of them.
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
Six feet tall with the proportions of an action figure, Dave Dahl has arms thicker than most people’s legs, a snowplow of a jaw, long hair and a chest that looks overstuffed with pride. As he swaggers through the bakery of his...
January 2013
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A Golden Opportunity
Charles Anderson wasn’t the first to fuel vehicles with straight vegetable oil, but he’s become a pioneer at monetizing it.
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN Danger is not Charles Anderson’s middle name. That became clear one night behind a catfish-fry house in Mount Home, Ark., when the eatery’s owner pulled a gun on him. “He was going to get me for stealing his oil,”...
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CES 2013: 5 Tech Startups Worth Watching
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
LAS VEGAS — Every year, hundreds of thousands of people flock to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to see what tech inventions might change the world. But this year — as the event gets under way here tomorrow — attendees will also be on the lookout for new, innovative companies, as the annual tradeshow will feature more first-time exhibitors than...
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Sphero: One Year Later
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
My favorite thing about CES 2013: seeing previous year’s startups return as successful, thriving companies. This year, Sphero turned heads with a great booth, full of interactive fun. Here is my profile of them from Entrepreneur’s April 2012 issue:
Orbotix: Where Mobile Apps and the Toy Industry Collide
Consider the ball. It’s a toy to children,...
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Top Tech Trends From CES 2013
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
The Consumer Electronic Show (CES)is beginning to wind down, and while there haven’t been any show-stopping announcements — like a flying, electric car or even just a rebooted Microsoft Xbox — there have been plenty of shiny gadgets to ogle. Each year, the advancements on display at CES change how we interact with technology.
These four developments...
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CES 2013: New Gadgets That Solve Business Problems
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
LAS VEGAS – Ushering in an array of technology that you never knew you needed but can’t live without, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is about more than the newest smartphones and biggest, skinniest televisions. The giant tech show also introduces innovative new tools for the workplace, changing the way companies get things done.
We’ve combed the...
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5 Tech Startups Worth Watching at CES 2013
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
LAS VEGAS — Every year, hundreds of thousands of people flock to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to see what tech inventions might change the world. But this year — as the event gets under way here tomorrow — attendees will also be on the lookout for new, innovative companies, as the annual tradeshow will feature more first-time exhibitors than...
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Perhaps the most underrated Radiohead song of all...
November 2012
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October 2012
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How a Dollar Shave Club's Ad Went Viral
BY JOHN PATRICK PULLEN
Ask a dozen people why they find Dollar Shave Club’s online advertisement funny, and you’ll probably get 12 different answers. From a machete-wielding CEO to a shaving baby to a goofy dance number, the tightly scripted video, “Our Blades Are F**king Great,” has a gag to suit every taste. In the first three months after the startup posted the clip...
September 2012
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iPhone 5: Worth It for Your Business? →
by John Patrick Pullen
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The date is booked. The stage at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center is being set. On Wed., Sept. 12, Apple Inc. is due to announce the newest version of its iPhone. And while CEO Tim Cook has said the Cupertino, Calif.-based company is doubling down on its legendary secrecy, Apple’s factories abroad have doubled as rumor mills, feeding...
August 2012
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Tech may have found its next SXSW
My latest from Fortune:
SXSW pulled out of Portland in 2001 when Willamette Week, the local alt-newpaper, abandoned its sponsorship of NXNW and went on to create MusicFestNW, an event aimed at putting music first. Since then, it has grown into a multi-venue festival that takes over town for four days, packing 18 venues with 170 bands and 24,000 fans. The National, The Decemberists, Band of...
July 2012
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Cloud Gaming Will Score Big (Fortune Tech) →
By John Patrick Pullen, contributor
FORTUNE — The fanboys are in a frenzy. The past month has been tumultuous for anybody trying to divine the future of video games thanks to hands-on sessions of Nintendo’s (NTDOY) Wii U fanning holiday launch rumors at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, an alleged two-year-old Microsoft memo leaking details of the next Xbox, and Sony acquiring the...
June 2012
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Kickstarter: How crowdsourcing went mainstream -... →
FORTUNE — Matthew Lillard would like a dollar. Actually, the actor best known for played Shaggy in the live-action Scooby Doo films would like $150,000. But he’d be happy if you gave him just one. Lillard is raising money on the popular website Kickstarter to fund his upcoming movie, Fat Kid Rules the World… » My latest piece for Fortune… »
May 2012
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How Books Will Survive Amazon by Jason Epstein →
To understand the future of books, the best person to turn to is someone who shaped its past. Epstein’s essay is required reading for anyone seeking to untangle the Department of Justice’s case against Apple and the “Big Six” publishers — and how Amazon hopes to keep a fundamentally-flawed publishing industry grinding itself into the dust.
Jobs or Zuckerberg: Who'd Make the Better Boss? →
My latest for Entrepreneur…
What Makes Facebook Worth So Much? →
My latest for Entrepreneur…
Man uses bird call iPhone app to save chaffinch... →
That’s tweet-worthy.
How small businesses grow, even in a tough economy →
My latest for Fortune Magazine… FORTUNE — In a presidential election year, the economy is sure to be the story, with plenty of numbers for detail and small businesses playing the main characters. But over the past 14 years, the Boston-based Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) has collected 100 urban business success stories every year….
April 2012
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Remember my recent anti #cable #monopoly post? My #TiVo broke that night. Suspect.
So the gov’t is investigating collusion in publishing that brings book prices down, while sanctioning cable’s monopoly that keeps TV costs high?
March 2012
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Red Sox: Schilling, now behind the desk, does an... →
I’m delighted that the former biggest mouth in Boston is bashing the current one. The Sox are fun again!
Sound Investments in Wireless Speakers |... →
My first gadget column for Entrepreneur. Catch me every month in the print version!
BOBBY VALENTINE: PITCH MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE →
I’m not buying it.
Wow! Comcast just called and gave me Starz free for two years because I have HBO! Thanks! (Also, paranoid I’m going to cut the cord, huh?)
Prediction: Bobby Valentine won’t last to September 2.
I think Comcast just throttled me while trying to download my bills for the last year.
America 2012: Where the broke get credit card offers, but the healthy get rejected for insurance.
Apple's lonely dud - Fortune Tech →
Apple TV continues to disappoint. Fanboys, meanwhile, do not — read on as commenters say terrible things about me for disapproving of an Apple product!
Calling Massachusetts “Mitt Romney’s home state” is like calling Kris Humphries “Kim Kardashian’s husband.”
I’m listening to baseball on the radio. Summer has arrived.
February 2012
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