Whenever someone talks about innovation, they often talk about products whose names begin with the letter "i." (I wrote about this in 2010. Whatever happened to the iSlate, anyway?)
But innovation can be found well outside of the bounds of SXSW.
For example, this company offers a product that is pre-torn, and therefore does not have to be torn by a person. Ordinarily this is not a concern, but offering a pre-torn product ensures that the person does not have to work.
For this reason, Shabbos Toilet Paper is available for purchase.
McDonald's doesn't make hamburgers, and the National Labor Relations Board
agrees (for now)
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Lately (and in the past) I've been musing a lot on the increasing use of
franchising, independent contractors, and other methods to isolate
companies from ...
5 years ago