The science of shopping: digital innovations shaping the future of retail

Stroll the boutiques of Milan without leaving home, lay a bet by voice, try on a dozen frocks without taking your coat off… Technology will soon make all these possible

The best way to predict the future is to create it. Predictable pitfalls that entrepreneurs can learn to avoid

Entrepreneurship is like a hard mountain climbing. You need to know how to get down from the mountain when the storm hits and keep your business in the game for the long term.  To come back in one piece is one of the most important things in climbing. When you’re close to the summit you … Read more

Caribbean Islands determined to replace diesel power with renewable sources

British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Turks & Caicos joined ‘Ten Island Renewable Challenge‘, a campaign by Richard Branson‘s nonprofit Carbon War Room to help flip islands off fossil fuels, as well as move forward with renewable projects for schools and hospitals. The commitments were complemented by news that … Read more

Sub-orbital balloon ride to cash in on the space tourism boom

Sub-orbital balloon ride to change travelers’ view of the world.   Majestic views of our planet, slowly expanding below, are certain to captivate you, as you ascend to the edge of space. Following in the footstepts of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space travel project, Arizona-based company World View Enterprises is seeking to cash in on the … Read more

Commercial space travel to become a reality in 2014

  Virgin Group founder and serial entrepreneur Richard Branson truly goes where no man has gone before. Speaking at the 2013 Social Good Summit, Branson confirmed that Virgin Galactic is on course for 2014 lift off. The near Terra space will become a holiday destination for $250,000. The stellar mini-breaks or the suborbital space flights … Read more

The Masai Mara: ‘It will not be long before it’s gone’

As lodges and shanty towns proliferate in Kenya’s Masai Mara, drastic and urgent steps are needed to save this beautiful game reserve from becoming an environmental disaster