tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-537463 2009-08-10T03:10:00-07:00 Thoughts on startups and current affairs TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420dbd553ef0120a4de8980970b 2009-08-10T03:10:00-07:00 2009-08-10T06:58:32-07:00 Joel Toledano "No man is an island. entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=3lKnftIU5wE:udw482JCZcc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2009/08/ask-not-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-when-it-comes-to-us-healthcare.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420dbd553ef0120a4cb2248970b 2009-08-05T18:08:01-07:00 2009-08-05T18:08:18-07:00 Joel Toledano A friend's son who was graduating from college recently asked for my thoughts on what would be growth sectors in technology over the next 5-10 years. I started by telling him that if I could predict the future, I'd be...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=omLL7udjUH8:OCiCsMunf20:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2009/08/convergence-is-coming-to-a-home-near-you.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420dbd553ef0120a52257be970c 2009-08-05T17:47:02-07:00 2009-08-05T18:09:22-07:00 Joel Toledano This question has come up a lot in recent conversation given the current economic climate. Either someone has been laid off, or they are concerned they may be in the near future, and it has forced them to take stock...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=ouFU1ILqsjE:Jk00sSFGhFg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2009/08/from-two-master-motivators-where-do-you-want-to-go-and-how-to-get-there.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420dbd553ef01157102e62c970c 2009-07-11T19:36:50-07:00 2009-08-05T18:12:09-07:00 Joel Toledano The issue over waterboarding and who knew what &amp; when has been hashed over repeatedly. That said, I can't recall another prominent elected official - in this case, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - get into a public pissing...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=U8rZ8CRufJ4:Z3AqCTMx9L8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2009/07/the-cheneycia-waterboarding-issue-is-starting-to-smell-very-bad.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420dbd553ef011571e8a7d9970b 2009-07-09T16:28:45-07:00 2009-07-12T20:09:18-07:00 Joel Toledano If you have ever struggled to communicate your thoughts, passion or vision to others (and marveled at how easily some people like President Obama are able to do it), then this HBS article by John Baldoni will really resonate. Communicating...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=1cus-zSGCTU:zzJtF9wUNxo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2009/07/great-communicators-are-great-explainers.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420dbd553ef011571cf24ad970b 2009-07-06T18:45:42-07:00 2009-07-06T19:01:18-07:00 Joel Toledano This is awesome. Check out the Gladiator-inspired video that head coach Pep Guardiola put together to get his squad fired up before they took the pitch against Manchester United in this year's Champions League final. We all know that Pep's...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=g3Hld2upnO0:47lZ3XyUgjo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2009/07/barcelona-fc-gladiator-video-if-you-ever-want-to-inspire-the-troops.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420dbd553ef011571813d14970b 2009-06-28T19:59:28-07:00 2009-07-12T20:09:59-07:00 Joel Toledano Even though the US team lost 3-2 to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final today, fans of Sam's Army should feel good about the team's progress. I watched nearly every game the US played, and after a rocky start to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=y9Ub0VXeZRk:BQAdRxgAzaA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2009/06/us-soccer-good-start-to-world-cup-campaign.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-55134368 2008-09-04T10:04:32-07:00 2008-09-04T10:04:32-07:00 Joel Toledano First thoughts on the Palin problem are here, a much longer post. Now the defenses of her record are getting laughable - why not just say what Clinton, Reagan, and other governors have said, notably that governors have a record...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=VypykYipFG4:WMqzgE0eWxs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2008/09/politics-the--1.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-55133406 2008-09-04T09:45:11-07:00 2008-09-04T09:45:11-07:00 Joel Toledano This has to be the strangest political season ever. Imagine a story in which: - The first African-American would be nominated for president by a major party (and that when he started his campaign, he would be a relatively little-known...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=9nxjcggploI:d2djEamtSvA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2008/09/politics-you-co.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-55070706 2008-09-03T07:15:34-07:00 2008-09-03T07:15:34-07:00 Joel Toledano The first full night of the Republican national convention struck a theme that really bothers me, beyond just politics - it was all about Fear. So much of what we hear and see in society these days is marketed to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?a=yIPVReXRKhk:EzaToIPen1o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/toles_take?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.tolestake.com/2008/09/with-all-this-f.html