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Ford Motor Company entered the business world on June 16, 1903, when Henry Ford and 11 business associates signed the company’s articles of incorporation. With $28,000 in cash… As with most great enterprises, Ford Motor Company’s beginnings were modest. The company had anxious moments in its infancy. The earliest record of a shipment is July…

The 38-year-old founder, Frank Seiberling, purchased the company’s first plant with a $3,500 down payment – using money he borrowed from a brother-in-law. The rubber and cotton that were the lifeblood of the industry had to be transported from halfway around the world, to a landlocked town that had only limited rail transportation. Even the…

In September 1970, Paul Orfalea, just out of college, borrowed enough money to open his first photocopy shop in Isla Vista, the campus community of the University of California at Santa Barbara. Instead of calling it “Paul’s Copies,” he called it “Kinko’s” after the nickname given to him by his college buddies because of his…

In 1965, Yale University undergraduate Frederick W. Smith wrote a term paper about the passenger route systems used by most airfreight shippers, which he viewed as economically inadequate. Federal Express was so-named due to the patriotic meaning associated with the word “Federal,” which suggested an interest in nationwide economic activity. At that time, Smith hoped…

As a small business owner, I’m often curious how other companies began. When you think of a big company that’s been around for a very long time, it’s hard to imagine them as small. But they all were. And often it took a long time for the company to become a success. I thought I…

FranklinCovey > Focus: Achieving Your Highest Priorities I recently listened to this seminar. It was surprisingly helpful. The topic is basically time management. But the interesting angle of this seminar compared to other time management courses I’ve taken is that they have you understand what is really important to you first and then build out…

Indiana is now in his sixth month. Within this time I have been able to reflect on a couple different thoughts. First, I have thought a lot of Plato’s The Cave recently. Allegory of the Cave The basic idea in this allegory is that people are only seeing shadows of what is truly happening in…

It took me a while to find this list. I was searching on phrases like: digital projection system see star wars in a digital theater digital theater star wars DLP Digital Projection Theater Listing I finally found it by going to Google and typing this in the search box: site:www.starwars.com Digital Projection Theater Listing That…

Blogger: Blogger Mobile My phone picture blogging is back on. I was having some trouble with it for a while. But moblogging has given this section of my site a new lease on its life. This is the first picture I uploaded using that service: Sage Lewis: Jesus talking with Indiana

The extent of that blog article of mine just keeps rolling. It is now in Africa: MENAFN – Middle East North Africa . Financial Network

Walt Disney: Long Biography: By the time Walt had started to create The Alice Comedies, which was about a real girl and her adventures in an animated world, Walt ran out of money, and his company Laugh-O-Grams went bankrupted. Instead of giving up, Walt packed his suitcase and with his unfinished print of The Alice…

So, today’s Akron Beacon Journal article was very nice about JumpStart. But all I could keep thinking about was Thom Shue. Did he move from Optiem and change his name? Was it actually Optiem intellectual property? Was he doing some sneaky covert marketing tactic by pretending to be Thom Shue? Is he maybe doing a…

I posted about this over at the SageRock.com weblog, but man, I’m freakin’ everywhere! 🙂 Newspaper still apparently drives a major engine… including online content. This has been a lesson to me that newspapers are far from dead. 19. Salt Lake Tribune – Business … Sage Lewis does. The president of Akron's SageRock.com swears by…

TNS/CMR: Ad Spending Grew 9.8% in’04 I’m always curious to know where people are spending their money. This article covers that and also points out the change from ’03 to ’04. Did you know that local newspaper advertisement ruled the ad buying roost? Amazing! I’ve also taken the liberty of putting their numbers in a…

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Now here’s why I love Northeast Ohio. I just got back from a great meeting with Tim, who I had never met. He happens to be a blogger here: Gee k ZEN – sit down, shut up, create something that matters He mentioned that he had drinks last week with George Nemeth of here: Brewed…

Discovery and AOL have launched a 100 Greatest American series. If you were upset at the greatest videos of all time I’m sure this contest will really get your goat. Greatest American is a seven-hour primetime program to be telecast this summer, Americans nationwide will vote for their #1 choice for the person who has…