I think you underestimate the opportunity. Just because the businesses won't be completely new (and who knows what people will come up with) doesn't mean there isn't an economic opportunity. McDonalds and Walmart aren't inventing entirely new products (though their systems are pretty impressive) but they still make billions of dollars.
Could I talk to you about a project I'm developing? It's marketing solutions for healthcare practices, ideally connected to EMR and IT systems. Would love to hear your thoughts and advice.
I'm genuinely not sure. Paying for gym memberships, FitBits, and things to get people exercising could be one option. Or maybe insurers could use extra incentives to encourage people to get flu shots or regular checkups?
I wonder if part of the B2C difficulty is that insurance pays for most healthcare but (with a few exceptions) not for the lifestyle choices that would reduce healthcare costs.
If there was more of an emphasis on preventative measures that insurance paid for, I wonder if it would be different.
Only Manhattan but pretty interesting. Wonder how this would look with other kinds of businesses. For instance, tech startups are concentrated in certain areas.
A big part of it is about sanitation--since pure water wasn't so safe to drink, people drank far more tea (boiling kills bacteria) and beer/wine (fermentation has a similar effect).
I don't do whiteboard interviews but something similar (I'm in marketing). I'm not looking for people to ace the interviews, though obviously, it doesn't hurt. Instead, I'm looking for people who will be able to perform with training. They don't need to be perfect already and I don't expect them to be perfect. Instead, I expect candidates to have the basics down so that once they learn how we operate, they'll be able to perform.
I was thinking the same thing for the Japanese breakfast. Are those foods prepared beforehand or is someone (probably the mom) waking up early to cook those?
It's the same concept as maker time vs. manager time, just expressed differently.
This is especially interesting:
>Task timers are happier and more creative, but less productive. They tend to savor the moment when something good is happening, and seize opportunities that come up.
Not sure where you're from but the US government doesn't fund any news organizations in the US. In developed countries with taxpayer-funded news (like the BBC), there are several layers in between the funding and reporters to protect their independence.
Does county matter? It didn't seem to work with New York City (which is composed of 5 different counties). I had to type in New York, NY; it didn't recognize either my zip code or Brooklyn, NY.
Having gone to a few different doctors over the last year, follow-up care was almost always the most frustrating part of the experience. Either they lost my chart and paperwork, didn't follow up, didn't explain what care I needed or I dropped the ball on it (and never heard back from them). Healthcare as a whole could use some big changes but this seems like an easy place to start.
It's $112, which works out to roughly 45 rides or 1.5 rides a day. If you're someone working a M-F job and taking the subway there every day, a monthly pass is almost certainly cheaper than pay-per-ride.
If you can bike (which I do), though, the calculus quickly changes.
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Agreed. Much of my consulting work is around email marketing and it always shocks me how many people "can't find" (or don't bother to find) the unsubscribe link and then either reply to the email or mark it as spam.
While this will undoubtedly shrink some email lists, most of those people weren't going to be interested and buy (or whatever the action is) anyway. If you're doing email marketing, you should expect that a certain percentage of people will unsubscribe from any given email not because it's a bad email but they are just no longer interested. Making it more difficult for someone to unsubscribe just increases the likelihood that they'll complain or report it as spam and no one really benefits from that.
I'm actually somewhat similar. I'm moving relatively soon and was trying to find furniture but it's difficult to both find things and figure out how everything would fit together. I'm not worried so much about how long it'll last (other than general feel, I'm not sure I could tell) but it's generally not clear just how large the furniture would be.
I somehow doubt the NSA is going to be constrained because it doesn't cross a border. With the NSA's money and engineering resources, I don't really think any data is safe anywhere.
This makes sense but then what are some useful ways to use cash to build wealth if not buying stocks and other investments? I'm a young guy with plenty of money in the bank (in the tens of thousands; obviously not enough to retire but I could quit my job and do nothing for a while) and basically no debt. I find and I'm sure I'm not alone here with this feeling that, while I could spend a lot more money, I'm perfectly happy spending significantly less than I make. Right now, it's mostly in a bank, waiting for me to spend it on god knows what. Any advice on how to use it to build wealth?