Umakers is a "Makerspace" or "FabLab". It is a community based workshop/membership club for artists, DIY'ers, inventors, small business and entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to democratize access to the tools of innovation. Over 500 Digitial Fabrication Labs(FABLABS) and 1000's of " Makerspaces" or have already opened around the world. The concept is not new, just new to the Upland/Claremont, CA area. If you are a "Maker" Join us as we expand the third industrial revolution, locally.
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Consumers Want to Shop Small This Holiday Season. Here's How to Ensure You Don't Miss Out
Consumers Want to Shop Small This Holiday Season. Here's How to Ensure You Don't Miss Out
Wells Fargo shows that 74 percent of holiday shoppers are willing to spend more to shop at a small business. The reasons shoppers cite include better customer service, the ability to find unique items, and a desire to support their communities.
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America is looking down the barrel of population collapse
America is looking down the barrel of population collapse
a strain on the tax base and intergenerational tension as a smaller proportion of workers has to shoulder the tax and work burden of caring for a larger population of retired people.
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Baby Boomers Are Leaving The Workforce To Live Their Best Lives In A Silver Tsunami ‘Great Retirement’ Trend
Baby Boomers Are Leaving The Workforce To Live Their Best Lives In A Silver Tsunami ‘Great Retirement’ Trend
We’ve heard a lot about the “Great Resignation,” the trend of people quitting their jobs to pursue better-paying and more meaningful opportunities. We’re now seeing the “Great Retirement,” a silver tsunami of Baby Boomers leaving the workforce.
Did we get the ‘old-age dependency’ of aging countries all wrong?
Did we get the ‘old-age dependency’ of aging countries all wrong?
In the future, will 75 be the new 65, so that we can define the working age population as those aged 15 to 75?
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What's a defined benefit plan?
What's a defined benefit plan?
The percentage of workers in the private sector whose only retirement account is a defined benefit pension plan is now 4%, down from 60% in the early 1980s.
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Knowledge Workers - Who They Are and What They Do
Knowledge Workers - Who They Are and What They Do
The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services.
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Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?
Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become?
innovation is an investment in your customer’s future — a human capital investment in who your customers really want or need to become.
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The Real Reason Young Adults Seem Slow to ‘Grow Up’
The Real Reason Young Adults Seem Slow to ‘Grow Up’
Five indicators are commonly understood as the markers of adulthood: finishing one’s education, leaving home, finding work, finding a life partner, and having children. Although many young adults reach the legal age of adulthood before they achieve these five markers, and others do not choose to reach them all, many still consider some combination of these benchmarks to define what it means to be an adult.
Entrepreneurship - Wikipedia
Entrepreneurship - Wikipedia
and Peter Drucker defined entrepreneurship in terms of risk-taking. The entrepreneur is willing to put his or her career and financial security on the line and take risks in the name of an idea, spending time as well as capital on an uncertain venture. However, entrepreneurs often do not believe that they have taken an enormous amount of risks because they do not perceive the level of uncertainty to be as high as other people do. Knight classified three types of uncertainty:
nnovative entrepreneurs may be more likely to experience what psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls "flow". "Flow" occurs when an individual forgets about the outside world due to being thoroughly engaged in a process or activity. Csikszentmihalyi suggested that breakthrough innovations tend to occur at the hands of individuals in that state.[139] Other research has concluded that a strong internal motivation is a vital ingredient for breakthrough innovation.[140] Flow can be compared[by whom?] to Maria Montessori's concept of normalization, a state that includes a child's capacity for joyful and lengthy periods of intense concentration.[141] Csikszentmihalyi acknowledged that Montessori's prepared environment offers children opportunities to achieve flow.[142] Thus quality and type of early education may influence entrepreneurial capability
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UMakers — Maker Space in Upland, California
UMakers — Maker Space in Upland, California
See the UMakers maker space in Upland, CA. It is a community club for artists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and dreamers. Members help members create "what's next" through digital design & fabrication. Maker space website: umakers.org
Has a College Education Ceased to Provide a Reasonable ROI?
Has a College Education Ce
Hough pointed out that “tuition and fees have increased 184% in 20 years after accounting for inflation, but wages for college grads have risen just 9%, according to Labor Department data.” Moreover, sites such as PayScale indicate that some students end up with a flat-out negative return on tuition investment.ased to Provide a Reasonable ROI?
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