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Virgin is not in the business of music. Or credit cards. Or mobile phones. Or space travel. Though the brand has done remarkably well in translating its popularity from one business to the next – they are actually in the business of reinventing stagnant industries. Just look at the track record of industries that they … Read more
Last week I was invited to do a podcast interview as part of the Social Media Today Weekly Podcast series being put together by Maggie Fox. I am part of a group called the Social Media Collective which is a group of bloggers that write often about social media and it’s impact on business and … Read more
Starwood is continuing their emerging focus on creating iconic lifestyle brands out of the multiple hotel chains they own with a new website called "Find Renewal" that will officially launch and be announced this Tuesday. Marc Schiller, CEO of Electric Artists and fellow blogger pointed me to the new site, one of several efforts for … Read more
There is a restaurant in the Washington DC area called Cassatts which is the only location in all of DC where you can get a flat white. For most people that might not mean much, but for anyone who has lived in Australia or New Zealand, the thought of starting a morning without your flat … Read more
Several weeks ago, I noted an interesting story about how Dole is offering "farm codes" printed onto stickers that are placed on organic bananas offering consumers the chance to get to know more about the farm that grew the banana by visiting www.doleorganic.com. On Dole Organic, you can see such information as a description of … Read more
There is usually only one situation when travelling by air that warrants travellers banding together in a community. Unfortunately, it is usually when they unite in dissent and outrage about the way they are being treated by airlines. Apart from the "community" of frequent flyers, the airline industry has typically done a terrible job of … Read more
Over the weekend I revisted ShootExperience, a site that has the really interesting premise of getting people together in a single location at a set time to photograph in a community and share images. Describing their mission as "helping people to rediscover their everyday environment and lives through photography," the site has launched the Connective … Read more
Ethnicity has always been an appealing niche for foreign language newspapers and magazines to local cable television programs. Restaurants, churches and temples are all centers for exploring global cultures in the real world. Yet on the Internet, the most successful ethnically focused sites seem to be the online dating sites such as Shaadi.com, JDate and … Read more
There is a restaurant at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas called Mr. Lucky’s 24/7. As the name suggests, it’s open all the time every day – but that’s hardly unique in Las Vegas. Their menu is like most other menus at cafe restaurants in hotels … serving the usual entrees coupled with the … Read more
There is a problem with every online travel resource out there today – and no one seems to realize it. Over the past decade, online travel resources have been reinventing how people in the US are planning, booking and organizing their trips – all while the role of travel agents has been redefined and in … Read more
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Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Non-Obvious Company and the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten books.
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