Bill Robinson

THE PERFORMER
George Lynch is a guitar player arsonist. His background as the Dokken lead guitarist is what most people know him for however, it is his current guitar playing and band Lynchmob which should be of direct rocker...

Hermann Hauser may not be known far and wide in America but in Europe, he's a certified tech and investing rock star.

The Austrian-born, now demonstrably English, Hauser is a big part--if not...

THE PERFORMER
Mick Taylor is a somewhat tortured survivor of the Rolling Stones mania which has engulfed the younger generation--now the older generation--and generations in between, for decades. But a survivor he most certainly is.

As his web...

Readers of my column will undoubtedly notice that I tend to like and support the underdog in any situation. I do appreciate scrappy, little start-up threats to bigger complacent incumbents.

Underdogs are particularly attractive to me in the crowded or over-hyped sectors which...

THE PERFORMER
Dickey Betts is a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band with Gregg and Duane Allman. Though he is...

Raise your hand if you're frustrated, sickened or being slowly driven insane by SharePoint.

I see a lot of raised hands out there.

Acclaimed by Gartner and the reported 78% of Fortune 500 companies that use it, SharePoint is sure...

I'm an 'early adopter' of most everything: devices, software, apps and most certainly anything web or Internet.

This includes Facebook (FB). Having met Mark Zuckerberg at a conference in 2005 (he only started FB in 2004), I had a ringside seat for...

Whenever a group of giant corporations control or collude on pricing in a sector, business or industry such as railroads, airlines, steel, computers, telecommunications, silver or the Internet, bad things will undoubtedly ensue. This is the reason for Anti-Trust laws in...

Alex Romanov arrived in Toronto, Canada when he was eight years old wearing Lederhosen, a white shirt and yellow suspenders. Coming in from from Bremen, Germany and descended from a combination of Russian, Italian, French and Croatian backgrounds, Romanov stuck out like...

Those two subjects don't really synchronize, do they?

One was an enigmatic, wild individual either loved or hated by the masses; and the other, an old-guard publication that stayed true to historical roots and is widely read in the halls of power. One...

Small businesses have always had a simple but nonetheless nagging problem: answering their phones with a consistent, professional presence.

Does the fearless leader hire an effervescent receptionist and pay the base salary plus all those excruciating payroll taxes, healthcare and other costs?...

For those of you who don't know Dean Kamen, you're in for a treat.

For those of you that do: I hope...

I've always been fascinated by identical twins.

Are they really connected mentally and telepathically? Do they truly feel each other's pain even when far apart? Can they really be each other's best friends in the world, superseding even their spouses, their children?

Another story from The Kairos Society Global Summit:

Neil Parikh wants to be a doctor who is also solving problems--big, weighty, global problems. He's attending Brown University medical school and building a non-profit organization. But it's not just any non-profit;...

When you first meet David Blumberg his smile is what you notice. But shortly thereafter, you notice how smart he is; later, you begin to see this man's true level of intelligence.

The pretty, perky young lady clicked across the hardwood floor of the mansion, her high-heels making a racket.

She came at a high rate of speed, right at me, thrusting her hand out as she came. "Hi! I'm Hannah" she said warmly....

While walking along the cavernous floor of the Javits Center in NY, my eyes and brain were bombarded by the usual visuals and cacophony of music, myriad loud conversations and white noise.

These big trade shows can really suck the life out...

There's no shot in the arm like being around a bunch of kids who want to change the world.

The Kairos Society, which describes itself as "an international, student-run, not-for-profit foundation ... Kairos fosters a culture of innovation-driven entrepreneurship,"...

To: New York
From: Jeremy Lin, Starting Point Guard, NY Knicks
Re: Thanks & My Future Plans

Greetings New York,

First off, I'm as surprised as you are to see me and to be here this week playing my heart out for you.

As unlikely as it was...

Read Part One here.

PART TWO

So after being callously let go from his executive position at Merrill Lynch in London, Jean Francois Mourier pondered his next move.

But it didn't take long for the effervescent Mourier to make...