Welcome to the end of the week! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy this weeks roundup of interesting reads in another edition of Happy Hour.

Managing Mistakes

As a kid, you were warned to stay away from the stove. It was hot. It would hurt. Yet, despite the warning, you felt the pain eventually. Everyone did. In that mistake you learned a lesson. Of course, it wasn’t that your parents were right. It was far to early for that one. Rather, the stove has hot things that burn. A simple lesson that caused you far less pain in the future. Continue Reading…

Welcome to the end of the week! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy this weeks roundup of interesting reads in another edition of Happy Hour.

30 Sec Econ Review

Negative Rates in Europe

The European Central Bank announced negative rates this week, along with a few other measures, to help move it forward. Much like QE helped to lower rates, increase borrowing, and grow the economy, this is expected to do the same.

At the beginning of the year I pointed out how Europe is following a similar path as the US. If this is true, the results should be the same – higher stock prices, lower rates. Continue Reading…

Welcome to the end of the week! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy this weeks roundup of interesting reads in another edition of Happy Hour.

 Self-Driving Prototype

We came one step closer to self driving cars when Google unveiled the first prototype this week. As someone who hasn’t driven in over a decade, I fully support this. The idea of being driven around as opposed to driving is refreshing, certainly less stressful, and more efficient than our current system. Continue Reading…

Welcome to the end of the week! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy this weeks roundup of interesting reads in another edition of Happy Hour.

Brand Power

BrandZ released it’s top 100 brands of 2014 this week. With it, Apple was unseated by Google as the top brand this year.

Whether you’re aware of it or not, powerful branding breeds loyalty. With many of these brands, there’s a small fanatical base, like the Apple fanboys, that become walking billboards for the products. Continue Reading…