Professor Elam

Looking back is not much help in predicting trends.  Just take a look at the stock price chart of GE, MSFT, or DELL, yesterday’s winners are not on today’s tout sheet, oops, I left out WMT. 

Here are a couple of sites to check out for something different.

Fast Company  is a forward looking magazine that puts most of its content online.  I think you will find their outlook prospective, forward looking and unlike the typical mass market mag.  Oh, remember my recent posts about design, notice how much of Fast Company’s web page is devoted to discussing the importance of design.

Inc  is published by the same company but focuses on the entrepreneur.  One criticism of college is that it is more focused on training one to work for someone else than to go into business for one’s self.  So check this one out.