As board member of a local non profit, I sometimes get to thinking about the more theoretical aspects of non-profit governance. I’ve recently been thinking again how non profit governance applies to CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) in for-profit organizations and achieving common objectives.
The thing is that strategic objective alignment in NGO’s and corporations who work [...]

When deciding to venture down the road of entrepreneurship, many people will tell you that you need to define a problem, attack the problem, of course provide a solution in order to develop a viable product that tackles said problem.
Some, or really most advocates of this theory will participate in some shape or form of [...]

When you think of New Orleans the first things that typically pop into head are Mardi Gras, Katrina, Music, and perhaps Crawfish.
The city itself was devastated after hurricane Katrina, and in many ways what is happening in NOLA now can be described as a phoenix rising form the ashes.  A vibrant start-up and technology scene [...]

Springtime Startups and the Road to Austin
The snow has melted and each following days bring with it that extra little bit of warmth signaling that spring is almost here, and with the arrival of spring comes SXSW (South by South West), an annual conference held in Austin Texas that meshes interactive, music, and film all [...]

LBS (Location Based Services) are taking off like wildfire, from your foursquares, to gowallas, loopts, to the newly revamped google latitude (well overdue mind you), it seems that LBS is here to stay. After all, now that a large portion of the population owns devices which allow for location based content delivery, this seems natural.
TROUBLE [...]

What can I say, I love trying out new apps, and I especially enjoy trying out new love location-based service (LBS) apps – except it is, when they get it completely and horribly wrong.
There’s little doubt that in the coming years location based services and augmented reality will shape the way we interact with our [...]

Throw your old investments and econ books in the bin, we’re no longer valuing companies on their streams of future revenues, but instead investing in what they deem the future liquidity of those star-ups.
Good? Sure for early investors who can often expect to see 10-30x of their investment come back to them within the context [...]

The Socialist Entrepreneur
It’s no big surprise that on the European side of the Atlantic you can find many government backed programmes and initiatives that offer start-ups and entrepreneurs various forms of financial assistance.
Call up your local chamber of commerce, ask for entrepreneurial assistance, wait about fifteen minutes on hold and then you’ll receive the info [...]

Of the better ways to learn the startup scene is simply to work at one, and while you typically won’t find startup jobs listed on your typical job portal that is not to say those positions are not out there.
With that said, the benefits of working at a startup are many, possible chance at acquiring [...]