Disney’s miniature, multi-ethnic, animatronics, were right! In my entire career in technology I don’t believe that I have ever experienced such an Alice in Wonderland day as I did this weekend. I bounced around cyberspace in and out of virtual reality, real reality, and around the globe until it almost became a blur.Read more…

Launching Your Yahoo! Business – Linh Tang & Frank Fiore In partnership with Que Publishing & Yahoo!, Lon Safko has just completed the technical editing on two new books by Frank Fiore & Linh Tang. “Launching Your New Yahoo! Business” and “Succeeding At Your Yahoo! Business” is in bookstores now.Read more…

Lon is honored to become a member of the cast of The John Adam Show heard Fridays from 9:00 to 10:00 AM on KFNN Financial News Radio 1510 AM, Phoenix or anywhere worldwide on Internet radio.  Lon and John will be discussing social media,  the benefit to business, and Lon’s new book, The Social Media Bible!

This is a collection of short video clips that will give you insights in the mind of an entrepreneur; from Venture Capital, to Beta Testing, from Getting a Steady Job, to Failure.Hear Interviews…

Download your FREE “Inexpensive Speaker’s Kit”. Are you looking for a professional speaker? Do you need a speaker that will breathe INNOVATION into your organization? Lon Safko is the one you need! But, are you looking for an inexpensive speaker? Remember, You Get What You Pay For! We can still help! Download your FREE, Three Dimensional Paper Model “Inexpensive Speaker Kit”!Read more…

Date Line: Pinastri, Second Life, October 20, 2007 Contact: Lon S. Safko, President, Paper Models, Inc., LonSafko@LonSafko.com Paper Models Inc, announced today that it opened its first virtual store in a virtual world, selling it’s real world products in a virtual format to virtual citizens said Lon Safko, president and creator of Paper Models, Inc. (www.PaperModelsInc.com).Read More…

From paper models to garden hoses to A.I. and now the Smithsonian, Lon has had an interesting career. He believes that anyone can train his/her mind to see opportunities and deficiencies and think like an Innovator using what he calls “The Three C’s.” Listen to this amazing interview as the latest episode of the Grid7 Venturecast series.Go To Grid 7.com- Hear it from Lon’s Podcast Page

That’s right!  Lon actually saved Betsy Ross, the acclaimed seamstress who allegedly created our first American flag to our history books forever.  As with all stories of rescue, no one individual can be responsible for the entire adventure. My adventure starts at the age of 4, back in the city of Yonkers, New York and spans two centuries.  While taking a short cut along the Hudson River on my way back to my hotel returning from a meeting in New York, I past an old building lurking on my right. As I passed this structure, I had a flashback, a glimpse of a fleeting memory. This glimpse was similar to the level of recall you have when waking after a deep sleep and struggle to recall your dream, by grabbing little bits and pieces of wisps’...

Lon actually found, deep in an overgrown forest of New England, the very first African American land owner ever in America!  It was a late autumn afternoon in upstate New York. The air was fresh and crisp, the sun was shining, and the leaves rustled under your feet while you walked.  It was Sunday, my chores where done, and I had an afternoon to explore the countryside. I always liked to explore in the fall. When the leaves have fallen from the trees, it was easier to see the clues of a society no longer with us in New York. The farmer.  If you are careful to look beyond the forest and beyond the tree, you might just see a fieldstone wall, or better yet, parallel fieldstone walls. This usually meant an abandoned road. If you look closely at...

Lon actually located the famous Lost Dutchman Gold Mine of Arizona!  This story begins nearly two hundred years ago, however; my story starts in 1994.  In the 1700’s there lived a soldier in the Spanish Armada named Peralta. He was a commander or Conquistador and explorer. His mission was to search the northern Spanish territories that is now the southwestern United States, for El Dorado, the City of Gold.  When Cortez conquered the Aztec nation, there were stories of gold throughout the kingdom.  Peralta was commissioned with the task of finding the source of this gold…Lon’s book, “Gratuitous Serendipity” is available on Amazon where you can read all of Lon’s amazing stories or you can read the story here!