Steve Cropper

Snapchat (SNAP) messaging app is making headlines, as it gets closer to its scheduled IPO in March, valued between 20 and 25 billion dollars. Creators Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy will make up the Board of Directors with 70% control of voting power, despite only owning 45% of the stock. Super-voting is nothing new, usually it is diluted over time as new shares are issued but, SNAP would not change its voting structure, giving common stock owners no voting rights and no voting power with shares…

Underwater welding was all just an idea from a college student that just graduated from Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University. A few years later he graduated he started working at the college. After a while he had gotten tired of the same old stuff and had decided to apply his skills to a new task. He thought that his new task would be most efficient being used and helping military vessels get repaired quicker in World War II. after 1932 he had successfully completed his first…

I remember that day as clearly as the sky. I had recently bought a new iPhone 6s, a sleek, metallic phone that glistened under the sun; the new iPhone was the next big thing, and I could hardly wait to bask in the envy of my friends. However, as I brandished the iPhone, it came out in the shape of a banana, its sleek silver design dented under the sheer weight of my butt. Instantly, I became the fool of the group as everyone laughed at the pathetic shape of the iPhone, pointing and jeering at my…

Have you ever worked on a group project before? If so, you know how important it is to have a strong team. Joshua Davis, author of La Vida Robot, and Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs, certainly think so. They both believe that in order to have a strong team, one must use their unique skills to contribute to their team’s success. In La Vida Robot, Davis describes a high school robotics team who use their combined talents to create a robot. This group consisted of four members: Lorenzo…

Henry Bessemer was the son of Anthony Bessemer, an inventor who created a new way to craft gold chains.(lemelson.mit.edu) The discovery of this method allowed the Bessemer family to move to England,(lemelson.mit.edu) where Henry was born. Young Henry was a protégé of his father. At the age of 17, Henry revolutionized the way that stamps were dated, leading to vast financial savings for the postal service.(lemelson.mit.edu) This successful endeavor inspired Henry to live a life of invention and…

Susan Kare was born in Ithaca, New York in February 5, 1954. She is an artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. Originally Susan was an employee for NeXT (the company formed by Steve Jobs after she left apple in 1985), she worked as the Creative Director. Education: Susan Kare graduated from Harriton High School in 1971, received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Art from Mount Holyoke College in 1975 and her Ph.D. from New York…

Rob Zombie “Metal is like a lifestyle. Everything else seems like I like it for a week, I lose interest. But metal, metal fans love it forever.” That is a quote from the Zombie himself. Who is Zombie?(simple) Well he is the singer of White Zombie and now Rob Zombie. About the Band Rob didn’t do very well in school besides art. (1)Art is what he was passionate about and still is today.(1) Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee were his role models.(3)White Zombie is the band Rob started…

visit is incredible," he said of his most recent All-Starr Band, which wrapped a 21-show 2016 U.S. visit show with the sold-out homecoming show at the Greek. The lineup highlights guitarist-vocalist lyricist Todd Rundgren, Toto guitarist-artist Steve Lukather, Santana keyboardist-artist Gregg Rolie, bassist Richard Page, saxophonist-percussionist Warren Ham and drummer…

Music artists and bands should be able to have there music used in commercials. When a music artist has there music presented in a advertisement it allows people to hear there music and get to know what kind of music they produce. It can allow the people to get more gather more money to then go on tours. It also will get people to listen to them more and allow them to get more fame. Artists should have there music played in commercials. When artists have there music played in commercials it…

Bruce Levenson is a former NBA team owner and a humanitarian as well as a businessman. Mr. Levenson was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Maryland. He went to college in St. Louis at Washington University followed by American University for law school. He worked for the Washington star while he took law courses at night. He is one of the founders of the UCG that is United Communications Group. He and Ed Peskowitz formed this company in 1977. UCG is a business info company that focuses on…