Daily Archives: June 5, 2013

We “Hired” A “Business” School Intern For The “Summer”

Posted on June 5 2013 by Baratunde Thurston

It is often said that a business is successful if it creates jobs. We disagree. Creating jobs is a sign of massive failure for it creates “costs” and “liability.” True success would be to create labor output with no compensatory input. That would be the cold fusion of business. Thus …

We’ll See You In Cannes. We’ve Always Wanted To Say That (Also, Berlin and NYC)

Posted on June 5 2013 by Baratunde Thurston

As part of our relationship with AOL for our web series Funded, the entire Cultivated Wit team will be going to Cannes, France for the Cannes Lions Festival June 16-20. While there, we will attend things while nodding our heads, shake many hands, and flash a series of increasingly large …