3 May, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
Muhammad Yunus a social entrepreneur who is a economist a banker. He recognized a social problem and started a company to help solve the problem. Yunus started the Grameen Bank after he visited a poor village where he found out small loans could help get these people out the poor village and start a life [...]
3 May, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
VIkram Akule is a social entrepreneur who is the CEO and founder of SKS Microfinance which offers insurance and microloans to woman in India. Akule said that he “started SKS because I was overwhelmed by the poverty I saw in India and was looking for a way to catalyze rapid economic development for the poor.” [...]
8 Apr, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
I feel the Internet puts out repetative articles regarding the personal lives of professional atheltes. The one in the news lately that comes to mind is Tiger Woods. A man who was on top of the golf world, respected by everyone, and a man who was a model citizen. Once all the news that came out [...]
8 Apr, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
Creative Commons is used for people to build off other’s ideas. The biggest website that came from Creative Commons is Wikipedia. Wikipedia does wonders for me. That is the first place I go to find out information about people and places. Sometimes I use Wikipedia just to pass the time through class. I use Wikipedia [...]
22 Mar, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
March Madness is an exciting time for sports fans. One thing that annoys me is that there is only channel that shows the games.  I think there is an opportunity to have for CBS to have an exclusive website for price to shows all the games live where the user can choose one game or [...]
22 Mar, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
Digg is perfect for college students to pass the time during class. I enjoy the random articles that are about off the wall things. There was an article posted on Digg called “50 Awesome Young Me/Now Me Photos” where people did the same pose they did in the old picture. Anything that is somewhat amusing [...]
15 Mar, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
What is the most used music player among students? I would have to say its Pandora. Pandora is famous for picking artists and it plays songs from that artist and other similar artists. Listing to Pandora is a safe alternative to downloading illegal music. One downside, the user can also skip songs, but after a [...]
15 Mar, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Kiva
Kiva is a website where entrepreneurs post their business ideas in hopes of getting an investor in the company.  There are entrepreneurs all over world seeking money to help start up their businesses. Kiva is based on the generosity of people and it promotes dignity, responsibility, and transparency. Kiva has generated over $100 million in [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
My name is Steve Stombaugh and I am a junior accounting major at Grove City College. I am going to intern for a small accounting firm in the suburbs of Pittsburgh in Scott Township. While this company only has 11 accountants on staff, Stenger, Bies, & Co. fails to have a website. While the company [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Steven Matthew  |  under Misc.
Youtube has started to become a popular activity to do to waste time or get you through a class. One day my friend and I were showing each other funny Youtube videos. He showed me this video called, “JK Wedding Entrance Dance.” This video has the whole wedding party dance to the hip hop song [...]