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Like yours. >> right, no, it's a great program, and we've been doing similar things, as well. but we've seen this trend of accelerators over the past few years. three years ago there may have been tech stars and a few others. now there's over 500 and it's a great learning experience for students especially because, again, it speeds up the incue base process to three months or less. not like a traditional business incubator which could be a year to two years. and learn and refine and pivot and hopefully get investment. but even if they don't succeed, they will have learned the entrepreneurial p...

a 5-4 decision in the end, it was john roberts, the chief justice appointed by president bush who saved the health care law. senator obama voted against roberts confirmation in 2005. roberts went against his four conservative justices ruling that the individual mandate, which requires people to buy health insurance was a tax, not a penalty that falls under the congressional power to levy taxes. a harsh oped said the remarkable decision upholding the affordable care act is shot through with confusion. the mandate that's really a tax except when it isn't and the government whose powers...

earlier i spoke with the escam bya county manager. >> we advise residents in the low-lying or have flooding problems when we have heavy rains to consider going to higher ground, maybe with friends or family members elsewhere in the county. just try to get people out of harm's way is the challenge right now. >> according to the national weather service, pensacola received 13 inches of rain just yesterday. forecasters say it could get another five to ten inches of rain tonight. and right now, out west, colorado firefighters are trying to get a handle on the high park wildfire. 14,000...

Here you can see the seedlings we've started. and if you look underneath, that's actually the brick of dirt that expands when we add water. so all of this soil, it's a magic soil that grows. >> so you didn't add any soil? >> just that. >> so you break it up with some water. add it here. there's a whole irrigation system going on in here. we add about 2 1/2 gallons of water. this lets us know when it's full. you can't overwater this. it's awesome and they are growing a healthy garden. >> what a great learning experience for kids. >> basil, tomato, oregano. >> speaking of fantastic learning expe...

Work, it can certainly be devastating. but, as we just saw, it can also be a great learning experience to build from. let's turn to this week's board of directors for their thoughts. phil davis is a serial entrepreneur who has started three businesses. his most recent addition is a restaurant called phil the fire. jen gruber is also a serial entrepreneur. she's launched three businesses, as well. jen's also the author of the book "what if, and why not?" . and alfred edmund is the multimedia editor at large for black enterprise dotcom. great to see all of you >> thank you for having me. >> phil...