The Girl Effect

by Kurt on March 8, 2009

Imagine the effect of Women worldwide being empowered!

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Creative Visions Foundation

by Kurt on March 8, 2009

My mentor and friend Duke Stump with the REAL 100 hipped me to this~

‘We have a revolution going on right now. Get off your back sides and get up and do something’

-Kathy Eldon / CEO & Founder Creative Visions Foundation

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Winners & Losers

March 4, 2009

My pal and mentor Dale Okuno, CEO E-Z Data, gave this to me. His Father had it posted for years and then gave a copy to Dale and so on…I read it every morning for motivation.
Any points that you disagree with?? I’d be curious to dialouge with you about these points.
Cheers, Kurt
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A winner takes big [...]

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The Smart Growth Manifesto by Umair Haque

March 2, 2009

By Umair Haque Here’s the link to the article.
Obama is stimulating. Davos is deliberating. C-levels are eliminating. Wall St is recriminating. Welcome to the macropocalypse: no one, it seems, can put the global economy back together again.
It’s time to reboot capitalism. So where do we begin?
Here’s a suggestion for what should be at the [...]

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Web 2.0 goes the way of the Dinosaur, introducing the ‘transitional web’

March 2, 2009

Fascinating article that forecasts what’s next, as we move out of Web 2.0 into
‘The Transitional Web’ which is a culture model. What do you think?? Long article, but worth the read.

Click here to read the entire article by Bruce Sterling, the bottom 1/3 is right on.
Mr Tim O’Reilly! Publisher, theorist, organizer, California tech guru [...]

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New lens on New York (Warhol Economy Reviewed)

March 1, 2009

New lens on New York (Warhol Economy Reviewed) by Wendy Waters

Elizabeth Currid, The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art and Music Drive New York City (Princeton University Press, 2007). See also the earlier post, “Top Three Reasons to Read the Warhol Economy.”
Elizabeth Currid seeks to turn our assumptions about New York’s economy upside [...]

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How the Crash Will Reshape America

March 1, 2009

The crash of 2008 continues to reverberate loudly nationwide—destroying jobs, bankrupting businesses, and displacing homeowners. But already, it has damaged some places much more severely than others. On the other side of the crisis, America’s economic landscape will look very different than it does today. What fate will the coming years hold for New York, [...]

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Steve Jobs – Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

March 1, 2009
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Leadership By Design: How One Individual Can Change the World – Bucky Fuller

February 26, 2009

Leadership By Design:
How One Individual Can Change The World

Leadership Principles of Buckminster Fuller

by Medard Gabel and Jim Walker
© 2006, All Rights Reserved

He didn’t head up an army or corporation, wasn’t elected to any public office, was not the leader of a foundation, and wasn’t wealthy. In fact, he had [...]

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Hermen Hesse & Socrates Quotes

February 22, 2009

“I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self.  Why was that so very difficult?” -Hermann Hesse
This is such a great question.  Seems the human condition is one of duplicity, or perhaps paradox.
Why do we seem to find yourself repeating the same devious habits over and [...]

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