by Leroy Hurt | Nov 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider : “Fail fast” has become standard entrepreneurial advice. Startups and small businesses are told they shouldn’t worry about messing up, because it’s better to quickly realize that something’s not working and move...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Washington Post: As we learn more about what went wrong with the design and launch of Healthcare.gov, a few broad principles have emerged about how to fix the procurement system so this kind of debacle — which isn’t the only non-functional Web site the...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via LA Times: As America’s road planners struggle to find the cash to mend a crumbling highway system, many are beginning to see a solution in a little black box that fits neatly by the dashboard of your car. The devices, which track every mile a motorist drives...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Instapundit and Inklings: My decision to leave isn’t really about my department or university in particular, but about a perverse incentive structure that maintains the status quo, rewards mediocrity, and discourages potentially high-impact,...
by Leroy Hurt | Oct 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Instapundit and TED: The past decade has seen slow and steady economic growth across the continent of Africa. But economist Charles Robertson has a bold thesis: Africa’s about to boom. He talks through a few of the indicators — from rising education...
