News from Kenneth J. Thurber Ph.D:
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — After winning more than 12 different awards since its release in 2014, Ken Thurber's book Trends, Waves, Windows & Bubbles, has racked up three more awards; two from Elit Book Awards and one from USA Book News. Elit recognized the book with Silver awards in the categories of Reference […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — After winning more than 11 different awards since its release in 2014, Ken Thurber's book Trends, Waves, Windows & Bubbles, has racked up another award when it received Honorable Mention in the category of Business/Sales/Economics from Reader Views. This latest win brings the number of awards to twelve since […]
Noted Author's New Book on Trends Takes Home Nine Book Awards in Business and Technology Categories
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — After winning plaudits from reviewers, Ken Thurber's new book Trends, Waves, Windows & Bubbles, has also started to rack up several book publishing awards. The latest tally includes several wins in the category of best business book from the Paris, Los Angeles, and Great Northwest Book festivals. […]
Amazon Best-Selling Author Featured on InspireMeToday.Com
EDEN PRAIRE, Minn., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On June 9th best-selling author Ken Thurber's inspirational message and five-point plan was featured on the InspireMeToday.Com home page. Inspire Me Today features the inspiration of a new luminary every day. In the past this has included such luminaries as Sir Richard Branson, Guy Laliberte, Seth Godin, Neale […]
Do Not Invent and Big Wave Surfing Books Take Five More Awards at Beverly Hills Book Awards
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Amazon Best-Sellers Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips and Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing have been named Winners in the 2013 Beverly Hills Book Awards. Do Not Invent took three awards — it was named a winner in the Leadership category and was named […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Amazon Best-Sellers Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips and Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing have been named Winners in the 2013 Small Business Book Awards. Do Not Invent took top honors in the category of Technology while Big Wave Surfing was named a winner […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips Create! Reinvent! Position! Disrupt! by award-winning and Amazon best-selling author Ken Thurber has been notified that it has been honored with two more book awards from the New England and London Book Festivals. New England Book Festival named Do […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips Create! Reinvent! Position! Disrupt! by award-winning and Amazon best-selling author Ken Thurber has been notified that it has racked up three new national book awards from USA Book News. Do NOT Invent was a finalist in the category of […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips by award winning and Amazon best-selling author Ken Thurber has been notified that it has taken Honorable Mention in the business category at the 2012 Southern California Book festival. According to the judges there were only two other […]
Amazon Best Selling Author Takes More Awards from both Pinnacle and Readers Favorites
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips by award winning and Amazon best-selling author Ken Thurber has been notified that it has taken two awards – one from Readers Favorites and one from the 2012 NABE Pinnacle awards. Each year, for the past 28 years, NABE, […]
Noted Author Ken Thurber Recognized With 2012 Small Business Influencer Community Choice Award
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Aug. 20, 2012 — The people have spoken. Ken Thurber, the author of two Amazon best-sellers – Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing and Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips – was voted a 2012 Small Business Community Choice Honoree in the Experts Category. The Small Business Influencers initiative […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., July 12, 2012 — The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips by award-winning and Amazon best-selling author Ken Thurber has been notified that it was named a Finalist in four different categories in the 2012 Global EBook Awards. The book was nominated in four different areas, including: Professional/Technical Non-fiction Reference/Non-fiction […]
Amazon Best-selling Author Wins Three More Awards at the New York and Beach Book Festivals
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 13, 2012 — The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips by award-winning and Amazon best-selling author Ken Thurber has been notified that it was named Runner Up in the How to category at the 2012 Beach Book festival. Submitted works are judged for general excellence, particularly their potential to […]
New Book from Award-Winning Author Takes Home Two Awards from National Indie Excellence Awards
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 4, 2012 — The new book, Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips, that recently debuted as an Amazon Best Seller, has been notified that it has picked up two awards from the National Indie Excellence awards. National Indie picked Do NOT Invent as the winner in the Business-Entrepreneurship & Small Business category […]
Do Not Invent Book Rockets to #115 Across All Categories in Amazon Debut
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 24, 2012 — The new book – Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips – hit the Amazon Best-Seller Lists on its launch date, May 22. It ranked in the top 10 in two categories – Small Business Entrepreneurship (#3) and Entrepreneurship (#3). It also ranked #35 in the Business and Investing Category, […]
New Book on Reinvention From Award-Winning Author Set to Debut
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 21, 2012 — Eagerly anticipated and already winning plaudits from reviewers and readers alike, Ken Thurber's new book, Do Not Invent Buggy Whips, is slated for official release tomorrow, May 22. In his latest book, the award-winning author has taken on the idea of reinvention. Specifically, he examines why some products […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 18, 2012 — It's always good to hear that your new book is about to debut with some good reviews and acclamations. The new book called Do NOT Invent Buggy Whips by award-winning author Ken Thurber has done just that with the announcement that it was runner-up at the 2012 Green […]
Big Wave Surfing Author Gets Ready to Release New Book Titled – 'Do Not Invent Buggy Whips'
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 17, 2012 — In his new book, titled Do Not Invent Buggy Whips, the award-winning author Ken Thurber has already begun to strike a chord with reviewers and readers alike. The book has already grabbed Business category honors at both the 2012 Paris and San Francisco book festivals. This highly anticipated […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 16, 2012 — With nine business book awards in 2011 – Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology, Development, Marketing and Investing, authored by Kenneth Thurber, could rightly lay claim to winning the most business awards of any book for 2011. In 2012 it has started off strong again with the announcement that […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 28, 2012 — The Amazon best-selling book – Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing – was named the 2011-2012 winner in the How To category by the Los Angeles DIY Book Festival. It also took honorable mention in the business category for the Los Angeles Book Festival. […]
This Follows on Two Awards from USA Book News in November, Bringing the Number of Awards to Seven Received This Year EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Dec. 23, 2011 — On December 22nd, the Amazon Best Seller, Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing, was notified by 800-CEO-READ that they were a candidate for […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Nov. 4, 2011 — On November 1st, the Amazon Best Seller – Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing – racked up two new national book awards from USA Book News. Big Wave Surfing was a finalist in the category of Business: Investing and a finalist in the category […]
Noted Author Ken Thurber Takes a Look at the Impact on the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Stakeholders
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 20, 2011 — More news about the AT&T and T-Mobile merger, and two anti-trust lawsuits. Now it seems that both the US Justice department and Sprint are trying to stop the merger using the legal system. Ken Thurber, author of Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology Development, Management and Marketing, thinks they […]
Big Wave Surfing Rockets to #1 in Three Important Categories in Amazon Debut
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 4, 2011 — The new book – Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing – made quite a splash on Amazon's beaches in its debut on March 29. Ranked #1 in three separate categories, the book climbed up the charts and stayed there for most of the day. […]
The Next Financial Crisis Has Started?
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 29, 2011 — The Big Wave Surfing book has issued its first big wave alert (BWA) predicting the next financial crisis. Based upon an analysis of past financial crisis, the alert predicts the timing, and technology, behind the form and the size of the next financial meltdown. Ken Thurber, author of […]
Can the Ingenuity of Big Wave Surfers Save American Manufacturing?
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 28, 2011 — "The economy." When will it recover? And, what will it take to pull out of this nose-dive? It will take American ingenuity! Ken Thurber, author of Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing, says today's leaders need to recognize the tides of continual technological change. […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 10, 2011 — There's clear evidence that the biggest big wave tech surfer, Steve Jobs, stepped out from behind the curtain recently to personally demo the iPad 2 because he realized how much of a game changer this technology can be. With the new iPad 2 set for release on Friday, […]
Did Obama Meet the Wrong Big Wave Surfers?
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 2, 2011 — It was reported that during his recent trip to the West Coast, President Obama had dinner with a dozen Silicon Valley executives. The appearance of the technological and financial captains of industry such as John Doer (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Carol Bartz (Yahoo), Larry Ellison (Oracle) and […]
Are Big Wave Surfers Behind the Unrest in the Middle East?
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 24, 2011 — The Middle East. Uprisings. Turmoil. Is this what happens when the innovators and networks of the new world of technology hit the networks of the old world order? Is this the inevitable result when protestors using Google, Twitter and Facebook – all technology brought about by Big Wave […]
Will Big Wave Surfers Save Us from the Failed Economy?
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 11, 2011 — "The economy." Even the very words strike fear in the heart of anyone who watches the nightly news broadcasts. When will it recover? And what will it take to pull out of this nosedive? Surfing the big wave of rapid technology change is the only real HOPE for […]
