The health newsletter of Dr. Weil has an interesting piece on how musician’s brain waves synchronize when they play songs together (”Musicians’ Brain Waves Are Also in Tune“). A researcher at the Max Planck Institute looked at electrical activity in the brains of pairs of guitarists and found that two regions of the mind Read More...

Starting this Wednesday, April 22, and continuing for the next two weeks, I’ll be presenting a 3-part webinar series on the use of social media in the healthcare industry (all sessions scheduled for 1 pm EST) in conjunction with The Maloy Group as part of The University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Equipment and Supplies Distribution Program:
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I just finished reading Tim Walker’s The Social Media Are Not So New, which draws some interesting parallels between modern social media and the changes in communication models that were at the heart of the Protestant Reformation in 16th century Europe. In particular, he looks at technologies that enabled “narrowcasting”, i.e., inexpensive one-to-small-group communications. Read More...

I’m liveblogging notes from tonight’s MIT Enterprise Forum event on The Smart Money of Crowds: Collaborative Investing Startups.  This was not hard to organize, and I’m very happy with how the event turned out.
 
Panel Biographies
Roger Ehrenberg, Moderator, Managing Partner of IA Capital Partners, LLC
Roger Ehrenberg is Managing Partner of IA Capital Partners, LLC, his personal Read More...

Business advisory boards fill a unique role in strategy and implementation, whether your company is crafting a new product line, identifying cost-cutting measures, pursuing mergers and partnerships, or changing the mix of staff skill-sets. Private equity and venture capital firms especially the ROI of applying specialized executive talent to rev-up progress at an operating company, Read More...

 
Following are my notes on the LEVIN Institute’s Innovate NY Series panel on “Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, on April 1.   A clear theme of the panel: our immigration policy is counter-productive and hurts our economy.  This is particularly apparent in NY, where 37% of the city are immigrants.
 
The panel:
Matt Nimetz, General Atlantic
Jonathan Bowles, Center for Read More...

As a followup on my old blog post about Chinese-American Networks,  I was interested in Dr. Roy Chua’s comments on how professional networks in China and America compare. He highlights the family-like nature of Chinese business ties.

Personally, I’ve actually found Twitter amazing for business. I’ve gotten a full-fee speaking engagement and my latest joint venture project as a result of Twitter. Still, this is pretty funny: