Archive for March 20th, 2013

Nums: How people die …

March 20, 2013

Interesting infographic from www.informationisbeautiful.net both because of the info and the way the data is visualized.

Bottom line from the full chart:

1) Non-communicable diseases (including cancer)

2) Infectious diseases

3) Cardio-vascular diseases

4) Humanity-inflicted (e.g. murders)

click the picture below to view the full infographic with details

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Forbes: “Prof. Ken Homa says …”

March 20, 2013

Interesting piece on Forbes.com

Punch line: There’s added pressure for the Hoyas in the Tourney this year.

They have to avoid the unfortunate early losses of past years and go deep into Tournament in order to protect the image of the New Big East (aka. Catholic 7)

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Of course, my favorite parts of the article:

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Watch out HBS, Perdue University is pecking at your heels.

March 20, 2013

Nope, not a typo.

It’s Perdue as in chickens, not Purdue as Boilermakers.

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Who says so?

None other than HBS Prof. Clay Christensen — the father of the idea of disruptive innovation.

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