May 2009
4 posts
As an entrepreneur, you better fail--fast →
*nudge* →
Listening to NPR…
April 2009
18 posts
Globe Award | Leading Sustainability Awards →
The Globe Forum has an annual conference (it’s in June in Sweden this year), and doles out awards for companies achieving sustainability. The Globe Award “recognises and encourages societies, the corporate sector, individuals and academia that have excelled in the area of sustainability.”
Check out last year’s winners, which focus on different categories of corporate...
Malcolm Gladwell - Million-Dollar Murray --... →
Per the presentation this week.
Also, Malcolm Gladwell’s site (author of The Tipping Point): www.gladwell.com
Death & Taxes →
“A Visual Guide To Where Your Federal Taxes Go”
muuahhahahahaha!
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The Art of Nonconformity →
I rather enjoy perusing this website (although, to give fair warning, there are definitely services/products being sold… but—the man’s got a business to run!) and to be perfectly honest, I really just like the site design. BUT beyond my aesthetic druthers, there’s some good content.
From the site:
“The Art of Nonconformity (AONC) project chronicles my writing on how...
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BIGOmaha - *the* innovators event, next month! →
Although some of you may already be familiar with the BIG Omaha event on May 7 & 8, for those that have not yet come across this: check. it. out. {If it weren’t for that whole “school” thang, I’d probably be heading to Nebraska myself!}
“We’re bringing forward-thinking creatives, entrepreneurs, and innovators to Omaha.
What happens when the country’s...
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Thriving.org... Fostering creativity and positive... →
Thriving.org — “Thrive Out Loud”
Cool website…but it takes some time to explore. The also have a pretty great blog. If you scroll down the blog a bit, there is a column on the left-hand side titled, “Ideas We Like,” which, as it turns out, are ideas I like, too.
“Welcome to the new Thriving Too community blog which aims shamelessly to prove the case...
For those of you that are into social media &... →
I really like copyblogger.com. Here is his weekend reading list…
“WHAT?? Are you kidding me? This is insane!
A mystery is unfolding in the...”
– University mystery: Who gave $45 million? - msnbc.com
Norfolk State University: $3.5 million
Purdue University: $8 million
University of Colorado - College Springs: $5.5 million
University of Iowa: $7 million
University of Maryland - College Park: $6 million
University of North Carolina -...
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Anyone have background in philosophy? →
Check this out: Stoicism 101: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs
I’m not sure if anyone in class has background in philosophy, but I came across this interesting blog post by “productivity guru” and author Tim Ferriss. Ferriss looks to stoicism—essentially the belief that self-control can allow an individual to overcome “destructive” emotions and look more...
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Social Enterprise Alliance →
“The Social Enterprise Alliance is the only member organization in North America to bring together the diverse field of social enterprise. It serves as advocate for the field, hub of information and education, and builder of a vibrant and growing community of social enterprises.”
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"Campus Entrepreneurship" blog →
This blog “explores the great entrepreneurial opportunities and activities that exist in and around colleges and universities” and ”investigates companies that are birthed on campus, educational offerings in the entrepreneurial space, university structures and institutions that support entrepreneurship, markets created on or inspired by universities, and campus actors who also...
Sick of Junk Mail and the Trees it Kills? →
Sign this petition!
“Did you know that more than 100 million trees’ worth of bulk mail arrive in American mail boxes each year - that’s the equivalent of deforesting the entire Rocky Mountain National Park every four months, according to New American Dream.”
EcoCycle in Boulder also has a helpful list of ways to try to slow the flood of junk mail. While, unfortunately,...
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WatchPop!Tech - Social Innovation Fellows
Pop!Tech looks like a mini-Ashoka, with a focus on technology:
“Around the world, visionary change agents are hard at work incubating new approaches to the planet’s toughest challenges. Yet they’re often doing so without taking advantage of the latest tools and thinking in technology, communications and innovation – or a network of experts, peers, and...
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March 2009
10 posts
26 Charities and Non-Profits That Tweet →
For those of you on Twitter, this is a pretty great resource of non-profits that Twitter.
mashable:
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. He is @obilon on Twitter.
What is it about social media people that make them just so darn generous? Every day I…
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HOW TO: Reorganize Finances Using Social Media →
mashable:
The current economic climate has been draining for everyone, both economically and mentally. You have probably been trying to stick to a budget and avoiding looking at that 401k statement for…
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NPR segment: Wary Of Wall Street? Invest In A... →
“Wary Of Wall Street? Invest In A Dairy Farm” - from NPR
In addition to this NPR podcast, there’s also an excerpt in the digital print story from Woody Tasch’s book, Inquiries Into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered.
Tasch enacts an example of patterning. Taking a cue from the concept of slow food, in his book, Tasch creates a...
Seth's Blog: Pivots for change →
Ahhh, this is refreshing. Seth Godin blogs about “pivot points” for innovation and change. Don’t lose the solution for lack of problem; seek a problem that needs some fixin’. Use your noggin a bit, and go for it!
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
– Dalai Lama
Social Entrepreneurship - Change.org →
Nathaniel Whittemore does a great blog on social entrepreneurship on change.org. Check it out!
February 2009
11 posts
FREE tickets - Lecture with Nobel Peace Prize... →
Okay, I’m gonna make a plug for my beloved non-profit org:
PeaceJam is hosting a conference with Jody Williams this weekend. Williams is truly an innovator and entrepreneur; she founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and continues to do various forms of social work to make this world a safer place.
She is speaking this Friday evening, Feb. 27. This is a great opportunity to...
A lightbulb or a solar panel? Musings on Thomas...
Last night I attended Thomas Friedman’s lecture at the CU-Boulder campus about his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America. One question came to mind when I left the lecture: Will a light bulb or a solar panel ‘save the Earth’?
“In the face of perhaps the greatest calamity in modern history, environmental leaders are...
The 1010 Project →
Denver-based nonprofit that is all about social entrepreneurship: The 1010 Project provides grants to partners in Kenya to help reduce poverty.
The BeadforLife Video →
And, here is a video about BeadforLife.
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Tweeting across the Nation...Superbowl Chirps: →
Be sure to press “Play.” Neat!
WEXPO: Women's Online Marketplace | globewomen.com →
Thinking about the gender aspect of Etsy.com made me wonder how Etsy could be more involved in the international craft scene. While the website is of course available anywhere that an Etsy member can access the Internet, the bulk of Etsy users are in the United States. GlobeWomen isn’t focused exclusively on crafting, but instead has a broader focus of women-owned businesses.
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WatchHANDMADE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Etsy is truly remarkable to me. It approaches consumerism from an entirely different (though not necessarily new) angle: items hand-made by the consumer for the consumer, circumventing the middle-man/woman. From such ideas as “craftivism” and the “indiepreneur,” the revival of crafting is a strong force today, gaining momentum in the last...