The Gents Blog

Simple and easy ordering of products online with delivery within days (and even hours) is something we are very much used to these days.  But there was a time when such an idea was a novelty, and that time was when Tony Hsieh first invested in Zappos.  He believed in the concept and the team enough to join as a CEO, and later to invest almost everything he had (from a previous successful sale of a company to Microsoft) to

Every now and then you might find yourself leafing through a fancy leather-bound drinks menu that has sections for "aperitifs" and "digestifs" full of strange names you may have never

One of the elements of our success here at The Gents Place is our values.  These values help to define us not just in the workplace, but even after hours

If there's one thing Americans know to do on July 4th, it's have parades and barbeques, fly American flags, light off fireworks, and in general, enjoy a day well into

After a 2-year head start, Amazon's Echo product finally has the deployed competitors of its rivals vying to make their way into our homes: the Google Home (last year) and

Until very recently in human society, we often grew up, worked, and died in close proximity to where we were born.  This wasn't just due to custom and tradition; it

This is a guest post from Brett Hatfield.  It's a shortened version of a much-longer article you can find on his car-obsessed website. There is a little-known car that could have

It's hard to believe that with all the talk of "side hustles" that there was no book by that title before Chris Guillebeau recently wrote Side Hustle.  In a related

You may have seen some people running in minimalist "five finger" running shoes or even simply barefoot and wondered what benefit they were getting.  The reality is that most of

This is a guest post from Rob Hefley, one of the founding fathers of the S7 Tactical Range. Firearms have been a rite of passage, particularly in rural America, since our

Our modern society can often get stuck in a hedonic loop, aiming for "fun" as the end goal in our leisure time.  But the reality is that fun is only