How Tesla made your life infinitely more interesting
A fierce lightning storm was ripping through the night sky outside the home in which Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856, in what is now Croatia.
A fierce lightning storm was ripping through the night sky outside the home in which Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856, in what is now Croatia.
You may have heard some hullabaloo about Slack and how it’s going to put email out of business.
Don’t believe it. 🦄
“Why not?”
The short answer: Because you love internetting, and without email you would not be able to enjoy so much of it. And by so much, we mean, like, 99%.
Today, folks see Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, as uber successful. 💯
Not that long ago, that wasn’t the case.
If you put Jeff’s story in reverse, even a little bit, you’ll see that Jeff Bezos wasn’t always Jeff Bezos.
Because we give them the last thing first.
Still with us? 😊
You see, traditional ad agencies tend to give you a ton of hoopla upfront.
(And at every turn.)
“Hoopla? What do you mean by that?”

Our 2¢: Because of the Walmart brand.
But hey, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Let’s start slow, with the image featured in this post (screen shot via Wall Street Journal).
“You need to pay people something for their attention. You need to give them something of value. Something they want to know or use somehow.”
That’s not us talking. That’s Tomas Kellner from GE talking.