Archive for November, 2008
Are You an Entrepreneur? What Makes You Tick?
Sunday, November 30th, 2008I’m currently reading How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein. There was a particularly interesting paragraph regarding the need for achievement and its relation to entrepreneursip that was heavily influenced by findings by David C. McClelland (the author of The Achieving Society) I wanted to share.
McClelland, [...]
Heading to the Dominican Republic
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Tomorrow morning, I leave for the Dominican Republic for a needed vacation. Sure, I’ll be pouring some concrete floors, learning more about microfinance, and visiting with some cute kids while I’m there — but relaxing on the beach under the sun is also certainly long overdue.
I’m going to try to get a post or [...]
I’ve been Bookworm MeMe’d
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Thanks to Elvis, I have to answer the bookworm meme! The rules:
Grab the nearest book (cannot be the bible)
Open the book to page 56
Find the fifth sentence
Post the text of the next two to five sentences
Don’t dig around for your favourite book, or the one you think people will think is cool, or show that [...]
How Does a CEO Survive without a BlackBerry?
Sunday, November 16th, 2008I have no clue, but it looks like Barack Obama is going to have to figure it out as President of the United States. There’s a good article in the New York Times that gives some good background.
This is INSANE
Sunday, November 16th, 2008I don’t know about you, but I can’t imagine wearing a flying suit and going extreme base jumping. Talk about crazy — it’s about as close to flying as you can get.
Obama to Broadcast Weekly Radio Address on YouTube
Friday, November 14th, 2008This is awesome. Obama is going to put the weekly radio address on YouTube once in office. I love transparency and the government needs a lot more of it — and it seems Obama will give it to us.
Seattle Microbrews and Microfinance
Monday, November 10th, 2008Tomorrow @ 5:30 at Spitfire — more details over at SeaMo.
Off to Orlando Tomorrow
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008I’m off to Orlando tomorrow for the NAR conference. If you’re in the Orlando area (either live there or in town for the conference), shoot me an e-mail if you want to meet up.
Should be a fun weekend with some nice weather!
We Have a New President Elect
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008I could not be more thrilled that Barack Obama will be our next President — it’s great to have a President that I believe in and trust to do the right thing. And, perhaps more importantly, a leader who can — and will — inspire the people in this country to do better. There are [...]
Curse The Thunder
Monday, November 3rd, 2008That’s right — CURSE THE THUNDER!!!
And thank goodness for Gary Payton’s effort to bring an NBA team back in Seattle!
Hacking Education
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008Fred has another gem you need to read, this one about the broken education system in this country — Hacking Education.
I think many of the ideas discussed can be applied to improving education in the developing world as well.
Q&A With Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008Salesforce is a company I’ve been a huge fan of for a few years (I use the web site on a daily basis at work). If you like what they are doing or want to learn more about their model, here’s a interview with CEO Marc Benioff in the San Francisco Chronicle. In my mind, [...]