Is Microfinance Lean?
16 April 2008
Regular readers know we've been very interested in the opportunity created by microloans and microfinance. We've even funded a microloan accou…
Featuritis Curse
16 April 2008
I've really been enjoying my new Apple MacBook. Why didn't I switch earlier? The TV ad is true: everything... just works. Yesterday I found an…
How to Apply Lean Principles
15 April 2008
By Norman Bodek This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
Change Through Ownership
14 April 2008
Last week brought the announcement that Cuba's new president had granted property rights to his citizens. In a major change in Cuba's state-c…
WaPo Flubs Another One
13 April 2008
Most educated readers have learned long ago that the Washington Post runs a close second to The New York Times in terms of flubbing that facts. I won&…
Waste Index
12 April 2008
Just last Friday we took a quick detour and once again pointed out some of our favorite posts from the Indexed blog, where Jessica Hagy ponders life v…
American Apparel Opens the Kimono
12 April 2008
American Apparel has long been one of our favorite companies, for a variety of reasons. For one, CEO Dov Charney is an "interesting" fellow.…
Indexed
10 April 2008
We've had a week of rather serious posts, so it's time for something a little different. We first told you about Indexed early last year... a…