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Why Crowdfunding Changes Everything 18 Mar 2013 | 08:56 pm
I have a new column on Unreasonable.is, which is where this five part series is published: Part 1: The JOBS Act will unlock $30 Trillion in long-term investment capital that can legally be invested i...
Revenue Sharing 13 Jul 2012 | 03:57 am
In my last blog entry I talked about the perils and evils of debt for both the lender and debtor. Here I’d like to discuss an alternative which I believe could replace the entire concept of debt. Re...
Lo@n, D*bt and Other Four-Letter Words 5 Jul 2012 | 10:36 pm
Prior to the mid-19th century, those who could not pay their debts were routinely tossed into prison. Actually, you can still go to debtor’s prison in Germany, Greece, China and Dubai. In the United...
The Economics of Abundance 21 Apr 2012 | 04:28 am
Here are some things I used to believe: The power of the free market comes from competition If you are nice to someone, you will be rewarded commensurately A penny saved is a penny earned The more...
25 Important Facts About the Startup Economy 14 Feb 2012 | 05:41 pm
Startups add an average of 3 million jobs in their first year, while older companies lose 1 million jobs annually. (ref) Without startups, job growth in the US would be negative 1.2 percent. (ref) A...
Universal Constants 16 Dec 2011 | 04:08 pm
To get the theory of relativity Einstein held the speed of light constant and let time and space vary. These days cosmologists are holding the infinity of the universe as constant and letting its den...
How is Social Enterprise? 11 Dec 2011 | 08:42 am
A friend recently commented to me that he was really excited about a new business he was about to undertake, but then added almost apologetically, “I know it’s not much of a social enterprise.” This s...
Education 2.0 26 Nov 2011 | 07:07 am
In what turned out to be the most popular TED talk of all time, Ken Robinson asked us to wake up and smell the coffee: our system of education is stuck in the Industrial Revolution where it was invent...
Practical Artificial Intelligence 21 Oct 2011 | 04:06 am
There’s an old saying in computer science circles that when we have no idea how to make a piece of software do something smart we call it “Artificial Intelligence” but once it’s solved we look back wi...
Open Letter 22 Sep 2011 | 07:25 am
By now you’ve no doubt heard about the allegations against me in a Federal civil suit regarding Full Tilt Poker. Because of the seriousness of the allegations I’m not able to comment at all about the...
