Robin Chase: Excuse me, may I rent your car?
Great TED talk from the founder of Zipcar talking about the next level of the sharing economy for cars- Buzzcar. Buzzcaris a French startup that lets people rent their own cars to others. Enjoy!
View ArticleIt’s 2013, and New Year’s Resolutions Are Going Custom
It’s January 7th and New Year’s Resolutions are in full swing. As ever, topping every chart for the most common resolution of 2013 is some version of “Get Fit.” This rampant resolution came in first on...
View ArticleAudio Version of Custom Nation Released!
I’m delighted to announce that the audio edition (aka ‘book on tape’ version) of Custom Nation has just been released! As I’m in the habit of ‘reading’ while driving (via audio books), I’m thrilled...
View ArticleMakerBot Unveils New Replicator 2X 3D Printer at CES.
MakerBot® unveiled its newest desktop 3D printer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week!
View ArticlePersonalized Nutrition: The Robot Dietican?
In the run-up to every New Year’s, IBM releases a “5 in 5” list – five technology predictions its scientists think will become reality in the next five years. This new year’s crop is all about a...
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Another New Customizing Company Planning to Manufacture in America
Headphones you can customize have obvious appeal: as a style statement, there are few things more on display than your ears. As a result, dozens of stylish companies, including Skullcandy, Sol Republic...
View ArticleNeuromarketing: Paving The Way For The Future Of Customization.
One major problem all customizers have is obtaining what the customer wants without bogging them down with too many choices and ultimately scaring them away. (See paradox of choice). One solution may...
View ArticleTED-Ed: A New Customized Learning Web Initiative
If you read the Custom Nation Blog you are probably aware of how much I love everything the people at Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED for short) produce and have done for spreading ideas to...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Dell: Commodities and Customization
Dell is a poster child for the importance of customization in the modern marketplace. No book on customization is complete without a nod to the PC giant who used that model to grow from a dorm room to...
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NCAA Basketball – An Opportunity for Online Customizers.
The NCAA basketball tournament could be an online customizers’ dream. With an unpredictable series of events and an easily identifiable target market a small-run online company can really turn the...
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McDonald’s Turns Up Customization with the McWrap
After taking on Starbucks with the McCafe, McDonald’s now has its sights on Subway in hopes of taking over the growing sandwich market specifically targeting millennials (born 1978-2000). Customization...
View ArticleCustomization of Job Markets
Great video about how new small job markets will start popping up because of technology resulting in the customization of job markets.
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Emily at Book Expo America
Thank you to everyone who came out to our book signing today at Book Expo America in New York City.
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Designer Labels… Made By You
In the world of high-end fashion brands, time was consumers wanted to emblazon themselves with designer labels. No more. Now, the hippest thing in haute couture is for consumers to put their own custom...
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Nike + Instagram = Custom Photo Sneakers
Nike has long been a customization leader with its line of totally customizable sneakers, dubbed NikeiD. Now, the company has partnered with photo-sharing service Instagram to allow users to create...
View ArticleCafePress Turns Blogs into Sellable Products
Custom-everything company, CafePress, today launched a new program to allow bloggers to turn all the original photos and images on their websites into t-shirts, mugs and bags with the click of a button...
View ArticleSwell Promises to Be the “Pandora” of Talk Radio
Swell, a smartphone app that customizes talk radio content to listeners’ specific tastes, launches today. The app, which aims to do for spoken-word radio what Pandora did for music radio, aggregates...
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Why Everything You Buy Will Soon Be Customizable
MakerBot Industries’ “Replicator.” Ask a large manufacturer about customization and it’ll tell you that consumers are demanding it more than ever. Examples are everywhere, from Nike’s custom sneakers...
View ArticleAnthony on the Kris Jenner Show!
Be sure to watch Custom Nation author Anthony Flynn on the Kris Jenner Show today where he will talk about his custom energy bar company YouBars.com. The entire episode is dedicated to customizable DIY...
View Article3-D Printer “Gold Rush”
3-D printers, the machines that promise to make custom manufacturing affordable on a mass scale, are getting so hot that they’re triggering a rush for patents. According to Heesun Wee’s article for NBC...
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