Reading, writing & entrepreneurship February 20, 2007
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The educational system is changing. Someday everything you learn in B-school will be taught in elementary school.
When will that be?
How about today?
The cost of micro-enterprise February 11, 2007
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. . . is pretty cheap, according to this consultant:
New technologies that give people access to tools and knowledge that previously was only available to a select few. These new technologies give people universal and direct access to markets. They allow people to create and maintain collaborative knowledge bases. They lower the cost of communication. They remove or greatly diminish the overhead cost of doing busniess on many levels.
New decentralized concepts and technologies of cooperation and collaboration that allow solo enterpreneurs to join together and fashion themselves as an outsourcing option for corporations, governments, communities and general markets on all scales.Ideas like “micro-investing, micro-lending, and micro-enterprise” are not just for developing world contries. The same concepts can be applied here in the United States on local levels, working directly with people in communities and neighborhoods of all types. As more “traditional” employment roles are outsourced and offshored, a new opportunity has arisen that can allow any individual to create and grow personal wealth and enrich their life.
Coooooooooool February 2, 2007
Posted by jefft in Change, Hubs, Technology.add a comment
I mentioned in class the role of the elevator & air conditioner in making the real-world shopping hub (malls, department stores) a ubiquitous part of our retail environment. Helpful resources on this include The Harvard Design Cool Guide to Shopping and this fun history article: Keeping Things Cool: Air Conditioning in the Modern World.
Can you think of any technological changes happening now that provide new business opportunities?
(I’d put my copy of the Harvard book on reserve, but a burst pipe turned mine into a mildewed mess. #$@?! technology!)
