Nerd Stalker

We interview Luke Brown, Founder of Fitness Hardware. "ABLE is a multi-directional fitness system designed for a total-body workout. The highly engineered design combines a spinning grip for the hands with built-in foot cradles for use on the feet. Perfect for challenging pushup and body-weight chest fly movements as well as a number of shoulder, back, core and leg movements." - From the Fitness Hardware website. Luke Brown is the founder of Fitness Hardware, and inventor of multi-directional fitness platform ABLE (with a planned April 18th launch date on Kickstarter). Luke has launched several successful brands in real estate, media, and consumer goods. With one profitable exit of his own, he has over 18 years of experience in business strategy and bootstrapping product launches and start- ups. In this episode, Luke shares his valuable entrepreneur experience in bringing hardware from concept to reality.

By Steven L. Blue When I started to write this article I originally titled it “Culture Is Not a Four Letter Word.” It was intended to address the CEO’s who think culture is a squishy, beer for lunch, feel good concept that doesn’t deserve a place at the grown-ups table. I wanted to demonstrate how wrong-thinking that can be and make the case for the power of culture and why it should be at the top of every CEO’s list. I was prepared to make a compelling case to convince CEO’s that culture is every bit as important as strategic planning. I was ready to cite all kinds of studies and dazzling statistics that prove that positive cultures create positive financial performance. But now I know I don’t have to thanks to a four-letter word: Uber. Uber’s toxic culture is front and center this week in the news. According to recent reports, Uber has engaged in everything from sexual harassment to stealing driverless technology from Google. Even some of its own investors claim the compa...

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